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• Reindert Mantel, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Cornelis Marinus Antonius Peeters, Gemert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Marjan Gerie van Laar, Woudenberg, The Netherlands
• Helmut Wilde, Emsbüren-Ahlde († 1971)
• Marc LONNOY, Gilly († 2005)
• Erick Steendijk, Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Roland Gaston Van der Herten, Bornem († 1990)
• Luc Catteeuw, Izegem,8870,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2007)
• Arie Janson, Vlaardingen († 1958)
• Antonius Adrianus de Rijk, Leimuiden († 1967)

• Andries Foekes van der Veer (76), Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Verschelling (80), Texel
• Arie Timmers (71), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonie Jan Anthonie van der Sluijs (73), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Goorman (48), Deventer
• Buford Larkin Polk (72), Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, United States of America
• Aaron Mackenzie Hoskinson Hubbard (78), Wheeling, Ohio, West Virgiia, Verenigde Staten
• Atze Dijkstra (76)
• Christoffel Harder (81), Landsmeer
• Adrianus van Leent (66), Zevenbergen

• 1956 » Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and activist († 2006)
• 1958 » Fran Fraschilla, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1958 » Karen Buck, Northern Irish politician
• 1958 » Martin Jackson, English drummer
• 1958 » Muriel Gray, Scottish journalist and author
• 1958 » Peter Tunks, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian footballer, actor, and singer
• 1960 » Ben Bradshaw, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1960 » Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1993)

• 1947 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Peruvian mathematician (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)
• 1964 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1968 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)

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. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
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.
• January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
• April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
• May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
• 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 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.

The temperature on August 30, 1958 was between 17.6 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.