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• Cristiaan Klaas van Kooij, Amersfoort († 1958)
• Anthonius Wilhelmus M.(Ton) Vogels, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Elizabeth A. Wolf Dick [sWkWks]Wk1 "Beth", Pulaski County, Kentucky op († 2022)
• - Reith, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1958)
• Johanna Maria Antonia van der Steen, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johanna Zieverink, Borculo-Haarlo († 1988)
• Mamaan Hermawan, Indonesia († 2013)
• Cornelis Coenraad VERBEEK, Den Haag († 1996)
• Hermanus Cornelis van Scherrenburg, Utrecht († 1958)
• Heiltje Ketel, Alphen a/d. Rijn († 2020)

• Brand van der Pol (63), Baarn
• Christianus Joannes Dielissen (73), Tilburg
• Dirk Willem Buurman (42), Perth, West-Australie, Australie
• Adelia Coleta VRANKEN (82), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant *
• Adrianus Johannes Maas (64), Nispen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie van Kampen (23), Velsen
• Adrianus Joannes Maas (64), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Dingeman de Man (60), Numansdorp, Cromstrijen, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Antje Imes (80), amsterdam, Nederland
• Cornelis Oskam (54), Gouda

• 1956 » Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
• 1957 » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
• 1957 » Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
• 1958 » Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
• 1958 » Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
• 1959 » Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
• 1959 » Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist

• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)

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.
• February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• 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.
• March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.

The temperature on August 17, 1958 was between 12.7 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.