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• Lu Ann Brown († 1958)
• Jan Pieter van Hamburg, Oud Beijerland († 1977)
• Alain Labhaye, Hasselt, België († 2002)
• Anton Bernardus Maria Postema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
• Kind van Erp, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Hendrik Buiter, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Reinier Kok († 1994)
• Gerda van Ingen, Leerdam (NL) († 1995)
• Petronella Gerarda Maria Kamphorst, Luttelgeest († 1993)
• Jan Pieter van Hamburg, Oud-Beijerland († 1977)

• Agathe H. C. M. Van Heemskerck Van Beest (66)
• Hermina Johanna Teusink (79), Enschede
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• Arjen Vellenga (91)
• Antonia De Beer (53), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Haveman (72), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blanken (72), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Tjaaktje Groeneveld (67), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Julienne (69), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andries Pieter de Klerk (58), Vlissingen

• 1955 » Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 » David Wiesner, American author and illustrator
• 1956 » Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 1956 » Mao Daichi, Japanese actress
• 1956 » Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer
• 1957 » Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician
• 1959 » Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan
• 1960 » Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
• 1960 » Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
• 1960 » Micky Hazard, English footballer, central midfielder

• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)

• 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.
• February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
• March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
• May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
• August 3 » The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
• October 2 » Guinea declares its independence from France.
• October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

The temperature on February 5, 1958 was between 2.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.