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• Leann Irene Torney, Osage, Mitchell Co., IA († 2018)
• Maria Christina Simionato, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2013)
• George Alphanso 1958 Ricketts Jr, Kingston, Jamaica († 2001)
• Franklin Kennethy Heezen, South Bend, Indiana, VS († 1976)
• Deidre Maree ANDERSON († 2013)
• Francine Maria Emilienne Pattyn, Roeselare († 2013)
• Elisabeth Anselina Maria Weijermars, Texel
• Francine Pattyn, 8800 Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2013)
• Henk (Henricus) van der Steen, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Jakob Arend Prins, Westernieland, NL-GR († 2010)

• Alois Stertenbrink (57)
• Berend Loning (87), Groningen
• (Brox) Clemens (75), Sunnyside Nursing Home, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
• Albert VANHOORNE (48), MI VS
• Anna VERLOOP (65), Leersum
• Afra M. Koppeldraaijer (80), Hoorn
• Anna Elisabeth INDESTEEGE (74), Waterschei (Limburg) (B)
• Claire DEPREZ (10)
• Antje Tijsses Veenstra (78)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia STUBBE (63), Gullegem, 34012, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1955 » Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
• 1956 » Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
• 1957 » Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1958 » Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1958 » Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
• 1959 » Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1959 » László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
• 1959 » Richard Scudamore, English businessman
• 1959 » Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author († 2005)
• 1959 » Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman

• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)

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 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
• April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
• May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
• May 30 » Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
• September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.

The temperature on August 11, 1958 was between 16.4 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.