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• Laurie Ann Bekx, Appleton († 2011)
• Bart Berendsen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Margaretha Huberta Maria Vosters, Reusel († 1975)
• johannes bernardus hyacinthus hemmen, vlagtwedde († 1959)
• Petra J.S.C. van Dijk († 1999)
• Robert Bruce APPLEBY († 2017)
• William Clayton Hubner, Logan-Utah (USA) († 2012)
• Anneke Bolluijt, Breda († 2002)
• Judith Angenies Teeuwen, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Joyce "Joy" Dorris **** († 2020)

• Antoon Dinghs (88), Castenray
• Albert Ross Runyan (76), Somerset, Pennsylvania
• Adelaide Mary Wigram (88), Green Acres, Wells, Somerset, England
• Arend Jan Hermanus Hulleman (56), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Smink (81), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Bruinooge (92), Borssele, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafke Hettes Abma (88), Roden
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Kokx (82), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Otto (68), Broek op Langedijk, Nederland
• Aafke Hettes Abma (88), Roden, Altveer, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1954 » Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic († 1989)
• 1955 » Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1955 » Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
• 1958 » David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut
• 1959 » Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician
• 1959 » Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress
• 1959 » Nick de Bois, English politician
• 1960 » Naruhito, Emperor of Japan

• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)

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. 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 3 » The West Indies Federation is formed.
• March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
• August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
• December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
• December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

The temperature on February 23, 1958 was between -2.2 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.