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• Arnold Hotze Abbring, Groningen († 2017)
• Gerald Blevins [Wk] († 2009)
• Pamela June Dockery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas († 1992)
• Johannes Henricus Petrus Maria van Engelen, Gilze Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Catharina Maria Broersen, Harenkarspel († 2014)
• Jan Hendrik Beugels († 2013)
• Gerry Hommen, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1958)
• Daniel Gerard Stroobant, Roeselare († 1998)
• Nn Schat, Zeist
• NN Schaaphok, Winsum

• Cyrille Joseph Cuvelier (55), Koksijde
• Arie Verheul (70), Giessendam
• Alida Margretha Temme (88), Hoorn
• August Neuharth (57), Stockton, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Johannes Slobbe (60), Leiden Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Barend van Dijk (77), Nijkerk
• Augusta Cornelia A. Mommers (62), Curacao
• Adriana Theresia den Dunnen (72), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Geertrui Thoden van Velzen (38), Bunnik, Gemeente Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Carel Hendrik Koek (68), Beverwijk

• 1956 » Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
• 1956 » Peter Fincham, English screenwriter and producer
• 1956 » Tim Tremlett, English cricketer and coach
• 1956 » Tommy Rich, American wrestler
• 1957 » Nana Visitor, American actress
• 1957 » Norman Baker, Scottish politician
• 1958 » Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist
• 1958 » Monti Davis, American basketball player († 2013)
• 1959 » Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
• 1959 » Rick Bragg, American author and journalist

• 1942 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
• 1953 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
• 1960 » Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)

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.
• March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
• April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
• November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
• November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
• December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.

The temperature on July 26, 1958 was between 13.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 17.1 mm of rain during 12.0 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.