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• Josefa Van Den Heuvel, Zondereigen († 1966)
• Baby Girl de Zoete, Guelph ONT Canada († 1958)
• Graham M HEWSON, Wharfedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England († 2018)
• Piet Miedema, Heidenschap († 2009)
• Robin Meijerink († 1997)
• Jan Robbert Blok, Wormerveer († 2021)
• Rick D. See, Knoxville-Iowa (USA) († 2020)
• Jozef Thadeus Vermaas, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Piet Edelenbos, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1961)
• Josefa van den Heuvel, Merksplas († 1966)

• Anton Lotz (83), Delft
• Anthonia Maria van Schip (65), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Pieter Geelhoed (70), Denhaag Holland
• Antonia Put (78), Deventer
• Antonia Johanna Theresia Geboers (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aureliano Mendes (70), São Pedro, São Paulo, Brasil
• Bartha Johanna Antvelink (84), Koudekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Jansen (58), Loosdrecht
• Aaltje TIJSMA (36), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina van den Ende (86), Amsterdam

• 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)

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 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
• March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• 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.
• July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
• August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 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.

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.