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• Susan K Boneschans, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2016)
• Wilhelmus Johannes Jochems, Steenbergen († 1958)
• Menno Jacobus Joseph van Wijngaarden, Utrecht († 2002)
• Julie Diana Harmon, Indiana, VS († 2003)
• Marinus Vandorth, Wisconsin († 1989)
• Richard Abram Glas († 2016)
• JOHAN FLORIMOND AUGUSTE STRYBOL, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1958)
• Gerrie Rijnders, Lichtenvoorde († 1984)
• lodewijk karel leonardus (wiet) tielen, helden-egchel
• Menno Jacobus Joseph van Wijngaarden, Utrecht († 2002)

• Adele Aronds (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Amandus Peeters‏ (72), Geel, België
• Aseline Steenge (22), Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Albertus STURKENBOOM (8), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Grimmenga (90), Groningen
• Antje van Dijk (62), Doorn
• Andreas Remondus Maria Maenhout (49), Zeebrugge (B)
• Anna Maria Geertruida Bek (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brader, Groningen
• Bernard Jalink (71), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1956 » David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2003)
• 1956 » Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
• 1956 » T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer († 2010)
• 1957 » Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic († 2009)
• 1958 » Tim Flach, English photographer and director
• 1958 » Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist
• 1959 » Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
• 1960 » Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1960 » Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician († 2007)

• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Fay Bainter, American actress (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.
• March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
• 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.
• July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
• 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 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
• October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.

The temperature on April 16, 1958 was between 1.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.