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• Johannes Cornelis Maria van Gestel, Goirle († 2003)
• Karin Johanna Barbara Maria Goessen, Gronsveld, Limburg, Nederland
• NN van Warners, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Antonio Lopes, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 2004)
• Nancy Joan Hayes **** († 2020)
• Eduard Johannes Meeuwenoord, Noordwijkerhout († 2019)
• Elizabeth Maria (Liesbeth) Koopman († 2017)
• Michael Durham Harris, Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Tineke Neuvel, Grootebroek, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Jeannette Frijling, Utrecht

• Elisabeth de Graaf (80), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Margaret (92), aged 92 years, Nevertire (reg'd Hurstville, Sydney), NSW, AU
• Antonius Goossens (69), Gemert
• Andries Barend Löch (76), Dieren, Nederland
• Aaltje Feenstra (82), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Cornelia van Daelen (91), Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clarence Lester Farnsworth (60), Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Edgard Vanneste (69), Groot Bijgaarden
• Adriana Cornelia van Daelen (91), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne-Marie De Mulder (3), Ninove

• 1956 » Lisa Hartman Black, American actress
• 1956 » Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
• 1956 » Petra Morsbach, German author
• 1958 » Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper († 2019)
• 1958 » Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
• 1959 » Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1959 » Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1960 » Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Simon Gallup, English musician (The Cure)
• 1960 » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2012)

• 1948 » Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1952 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
• 1963 » Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)

• 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 1 » European Economic Community is established.
• February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
• March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
• July 9 » A 7.8 M_w  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
• October 4 » The current constitution of France is adopted.
• December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

The temperature on June 1, 1958 was between 11.0 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.