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• Marianne de Bruine († 2003)
• Vera Veerman, Volendam
• Elizabeth Jaeger, New York, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Lambertus Anthonius (Berto) van der Roest, Bussum Gooise Meren Noord-Holland Nederland († 1995)
• Pascale DECLERCQ, Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique,Belgique († 2020)
• Margriet Jager († 2004)
• Ada JAGER, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Ad de Groot, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Johanna Elizabeth (Annelies) Poolen, Hierden (Harderwijk) († 2022)
• Jean Pierre Everaert, Diksmuide († 2024)

• Alphonsius DOBBELEIR (59)
• Adriana Krina (Jannetje) van den Berg (76), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anco Lucardus Broekema (87), Amsterdam
• Adriana Geertruida Aerts (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van den Berg (74), Wolvega
• Bertha KLANDERMAN (36), Gorssel(Geld)
• Arend Pot (87), Vries
• Bertha Wijnbergen (89), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arie van Oostveen (90), Amsterdam(NH)
• Ane Maris, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1955 » Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer († 2015)
• 1955 » Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
• 1955 » Muwenda Mutebi II, current King of Buganda Kingdom
• 1955 » Ole von Beust, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Hamburg
• 1955 » Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Alan Devonshire, English footballer and manager
• 1956 » Edward Forbes Smiley III, American art thief and map dealer
• 1956 » Possum Bourne, New Zealand racing driver († 2003)
• 1957 » Amy Goodman, American journalist and author
• 1957 » Saundra Santiago, American actress

• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1961 » John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)
• 1962 » Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
• 1966 » Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Nicole Berger, French actress (b. 1934)

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
• January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
• October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
• November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

The temperature on April 13, 1957 was between -0.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.