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• Robert Dean Pigott, El Paso, Texas († 1991)
• Joop Engels, Kerkrade,Gemeente Kerkrade,Limburg,Nederland († 2014)
• Piet Edelenbos, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1961)
• Thea Zuidberg, Ens,, Flevoland, Nederland († 2000)
• Baby Girl de Zoete, Guelph ONT Canada († 1958)
• Josefa Van Den Heuvel, Zondereigen († 1966)
• Rineke Baars, Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1976)
• Ligtlee, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Steven Ray Slothouber, Hennepin County, Minnesota († 2024)
• Ide Stoepker, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)

• Aaltje Tijsma (36), Leeuwarden
• Anton Lotz (83), Rijswijk
• Aaltje Beumer (53), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Kneepkens (77), Weert
• Anna Maria Hubertina Somers (57), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Jager (38), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maan (76), Maassluis, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Petrus Theuns (72), Utrecht
• Albrecht Leo Eduard Anton Maximiliaan Karel Laurens Maria van Garnerin de La Thuille Graaf van Montgelas (70)
• Aureliano Mendes (70), São Pedro, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1954 » Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1955 » Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist
• 1956 » Robert Sinclair MacKay, British academic and educator
• 1957 » Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1958 » Carl Valentine, English-Canadian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
• 1958 » Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
• 1959 » Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
• 1960 » Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver († 1994)
• 1961 » Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series

• 1946 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)

• 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 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
• January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
• March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
• March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
• 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.

The temperature on July 4, 1958 was between 13.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.