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• Debra Anne Eldermire, Toronto
• Fredienne De Witte
• Paul Eric Maria Krisman († 2022)
• David Earl Beahr, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania († 1982)
• Frans Dassen, Doenrade,, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)
• Nadine Julia Evrarda Biesemans, Leuven, Louvain, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 2003)
• Dirk Moorkens, Brecht († 1996)
• Janice G Rozeboom, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1999)
• Catharina Maria Antonia Kaptein, Rotterdam († 1979)
• Willy "Wil" van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)

• Arie De Geus (81), Carambei, Brazilië
• arie hendrik de GEUS (81), carambei, brazilie
• Albert Kamman (87), Ede
• Antje Tijsma (68), Leeuwarden
• Adrianus Maria Cornelis Leenhouwers (53), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Küller (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt van de Beek (78), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Baatje Adriana Hendriks (93), Laren, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• Baatje Adriana Hendriks (93), Laren
• Adrianus Maria Leenhouwers (53), Tilburg

• 1956 » Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer († 2013)
• 1956 » Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
• 1957 » Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
• 1957 » Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
• 1957 » Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1959 » Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler († 2017)
• 1959 » Dylan Baker, American actor
• 1959 » Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer

• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1966 » Johnny Kidd, English singer songwriter (b. 1935)
• 1967 » Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
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.
• May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
• May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
• May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
• June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.

The temperature on October 7, 1958 was between 5.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.