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• Uitzoeken († 1998)
• Alida Maria (Ilda) du Plessis, Nylstroom († 1989)
• Martinus Wilhelmus Adrianus Menting, Amersfoort († 2004)
• Cabo Alvarez († 2018)
• Brigitte Maria Koek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Jan Haasnoot, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Brent Mercier, Jersey British Channel Islands († 2012)
• Cindy Ringeling, Oranjestad, Aruba, Nederlandse Antillen († 2020)
• Antonius Aarts
• Patrick Joseph Munro, Detroit, Michigan

• Alphonse Beernaert (57), Skulte,Limbazi,Latvia
• Bernhard Frans Gilbert Johan Maria Graaf van Harcourt en Beuvron (33), Larache, Marokko
• Anna Maria Baaijens (52), Boxtel (Boxtel) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Stoffels (44), Groningen
• Cornelis Marinus Roepen (82), Zevenbergen
• Coleta Philomena Petronella Weemaes (80), Hulst
• Clasina Maria Kerremans (84), Breda, Noord Brabant
• Cornelis Bartholomeus van Dril (26), Leiden
• Count Bernard of Harcourt (33)
• Albert Voskamp (67), Zutphen

• 1956 » Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1958 » Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
• 1958 » Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1958 » Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1959 » Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 1959 » Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1960 » Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 » Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician

• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1977 » Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)

• 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 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
• February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
• April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
• October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.

The temperature on September 4, 1958 was between 12.4 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.