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• Gertruda Mathea Wilhelmina van Helden, Horst († 1965)
• "André" Philippe Marie Joseph Ghislain Deudon de le Vielleuze († 1994)
• Bonno Dik († 1958)
• Cornelia Maria Koek, Zoeterwoude († 2023)
• Paula Keupers, Hasselt, België († 2001)
• Antonius Berdina van Rooijen, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 2021)
• Anthonius Hyacinthus Maria Opdam, Alkmaar († 2012)
• Julie Ann Sumner († 2015)
• Jeffrey W Cox, Kenton County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Jannetje "Jannie" van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)

• Benjamin Franklin Carr (70), Karthaus, Clearfield County, PA
• Arnoldus Adrianus Petrus Voets (75), Schijndel
• Apollonia Gelders (91), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Anna Bonthond (81), Midwolda
• Berend Vonder (78), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernard Carl Heinrich Marie Knüppe (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anatolie Marie Victoire Duval (97), Dieppe, 76200, Seine Maritime, FRANCE
• Adriana van Oorschot (49), Utrecht
• Anna Anthonia Francisca Burgwal (60), Apeldoorn Gelderland Nederland
• Arnoldus Sandbergen (50), Amsterdam

• 1956 » Gary Cole, American actor
• 1956 » Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist
• 1956 » John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
• 1956 » Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
• 1957 » Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director
• 1958 » Arn Anderson, American wrestler and trainer
• 1959 » Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
• 1959 » Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
• 1959 » Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
• 1970 » Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1971 » James Westerfield, American actor (b. 1913)

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 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
• 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.
• August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
• September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
• September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.

The temperature on September 20, 1958 was between 9.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.