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• René Johannes Schouten, 's-Gravenhage († 2009)
• Gemma Maria Aurelia Vos, Breda († 2012)
• Froukje Post, Coevorden († 1994)
• Froukje Post, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Conny Afina Agatha Moor, Scheveningen († 2023)
• Henry Franklin "Pete" Harris († 1981)
• Johannes Lambertus van Rooij, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Annette Niemann, Hamburg, Duitsland
• N.N. van der Maat, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Walter Fumaneri († 2019)

• Catharina Sibilla Ricken (81), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Christiaan Smit (71), Weiwerd (Delfzijl)
• Adriaan Joosse (48), Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Albert Franklin Fletcher (80), Wenatchee, Chelan, WA
• Antonia Zieltjes (82), wijk aan zee
• Adriana Jordaans (72), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Paulus Bastiaens (90)
• Carolus Franciscus Noeninckx (76), Nijlen, België
• "Catharina Sibilla" Katharina Katharina (81), Groesbeek, NL
• Arnoldus Paulus Bastiaens (90), Berchem (St. Maria-Gasthuis)

• 1954 » Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
• 1954 » Terry Kinney, American actor and director
• 1956 » Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1957 » Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
• 1957 » Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player
• 1957 » Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
• 1959 » Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Gia Carangi, American supermodel († 1986)
• 1960 » Greg Louganis, American diver and author
• 1961 » Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer

• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. John
13. Johan
14. David
15. Michael
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
• February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
• February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• May 30 » Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
• July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)

The temperature on January 29, 1958 was between -0.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.