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• Antonie Vogelzang, Kerk-Avezaath († 2019)
• NN Boksem, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Leonardus Jacobus Petrus van der Zon, Lisse († 2018)
• Nn Schimmel († 1958)
• NN Verheijen, Nederweert († 1958)
• Woutherus Wilhelmus Willibrordus Maria Graafmans, Alphen en Riel
• Hendrik Wilhelmus Marinus Knuit, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alvin Ozell Oldham*** Jr, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States of America († 2016)
• Naamloos Maseland, Oldenzaal († 1958)
• Johanna Kalkhaar, almelo

• Anna Nannes Kuiper (80), Enschede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida van de Straalen (74), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Christina Eigenbrood (82), Dordrecht
• Aletta Jacoba Johanna Drolsbach (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hendrikus van Dijk (62), Boxtel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alegonda van Groen (93), Arnhem
• Arend Jan Leeftink (87), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Françoise" Marie Germaine Morin de La Rivière (56), Vaucelles, Calvados, France
• Adriana Daalder (77), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Rotgers (39)

• 1956 » John Jefferson, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
• 1957 » Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic
• 1958 » Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American economist
• 1958 » Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic
• 1958 » Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut
• 1959 » Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance
• 1960 » Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Marty Jannetty, American wrestler and trainer
• 1960 » Tim Chandler, American bass player († 2018)

• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
• 1956 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)
• 1959 » The Day the Music Died
• 1960 » Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
• 1961 » Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1961 » William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Benjamin R. Jacobs (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)

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.
• April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
• May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
• May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
• August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
• 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 February 3, 1958 was between 0.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.