About the day » Monday January 9, 1956Calender converter

• "Alban" Maurice Bartholoni, Paris († 2011)
• nn tielen, helden-egchel († 1956)
• Jaap (Jacobus Petrus Maria) Zegers († 2008)
• ing. jacobus petrus maria (Jaap) Zegers († 2008)
• Embert Theodore Matthew EYMBERTS, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada († 2002)
• Kenneth Nelson King, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1956)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1956)
• Geert Jeuring († 2011)
• van Baaren, 's-Gravenhage († 1956)
• Gerhardus Bernardus (Gerard) Assinck, Groenlo († 2010)

• Albertha Dougherty (66), Jamaica
• Catharina Maria Vermeulen (63), Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Aafje Drenth (73), Groningen
• Arie Westeneng (63), Woudenberg, Nederland
• van Baaren (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Petronella Maria Hopman (2), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus van den Brekel (79), Kaatsheuvel, Nederland
• Antonie Radix (66), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Claude VROOMEN (12)
• Christina Cornelia de Koning Munting (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1953 » Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist and painter
• 1954 » Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic
• 1955 » J.K. Simmons, American actor
• 1955 » Michiko Kakutani, American journalist and critic
• 1956 » Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer
• 1956 » Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress
• 1958 » Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic
• 1959 » Mark Martin, American race car driver and coach
• 1959 » Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1959 » Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1941 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1964 » Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. John
12. Adrianus
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Jacobus
16. Jacob

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Petronella
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Marianne
15. Patricia
16. Jacoba

• 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 10.8 million citizens.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The temperature on January 9, 1956 was between -0.7 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.