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• Tjitze Koster, Dokkum
• Petra Cardinaal, Mülheim
• Anne Post, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Willem Alexander Cornelis De Groot Van Embden, Whitefield, US († 1964)
• Otze Dam, Den Helder († 2018)
• Maria Antonius Johannes Pelckmans, Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)

• Amelia Anna Barkow (82), Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aletta Straver (48), Zwammerdam
• Aafje van 't Wout (87), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltje Heijboer (49)
• Bertha Maria SCHIETTECATTE (67), Zottegem,9620,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abel Schut (53)
• Alida Etje Switters (77), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Achille Dieudonné Ghislain MISSON (70)
• Anthonij Johan Brinkgreve (86), Deventer
• Catharina Rijs (87), Haarlem NH NL

• 1956 » Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1957 » Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
• 1958 » Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1958 » John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
• 1959 » Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1960 » Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 1960 » Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
• 1960 » Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)

• 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 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
• February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
• April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
• July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
• July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
• October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.

The temperature on June 24, 1958 was between 8.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.