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• NN van de Kolk, Ermelo († 1958)
• Ernst Willem Fockema, Johannesburg Z Afrika († 2016)
• wim grommen, helden-beringe
• Susan Hammel († 2021)
• Berendina Helena de Vries († 2021)
• Ronald Bouwmeester († 1958)
• Freddy Hermans, Maasbree († 1974)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1958)
• Sharon Ann Schouwenburg, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2022)
• Andrea Lois Meurs, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia († 1959)

• Adriaan Willem Hollestelle (55), Tilburg
• David Roy Straiton (0), Sumas, British Columbia
• Carolyn Bauer (93), Shannon, Carroll County, Illinois
• Elizabeth Hermans Buunk (79), arnhem
• Berend Hindriks (Hendriks) (83), Ter Apel, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Andrew Charles Sigl (69)
• Emma Helene " Lenchen" Lange (86), Kassel
• Cornelia van Dronkelaar (71), Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara Jane BENNETT (51), Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Anna Adriana de Vos (84), Vlissingen

• 1955 » Diddú, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1956 » Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress
• 1956 » Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » David Grant, English singer
• 1957 » Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
• 1958 » Deborah Norville, American journalist
• 1959 » Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
• 1960 » Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician
• 1960 » Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg

• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)

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 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
• March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 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.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.

The temperature on August 8, 1958 was between 7.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.