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• Hendrik Cornelis Schagen, Den Helder († 1956)
• Alan Charles Remeeus
• Joseph HAUSER, Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Adolf Friedrich Georg VON SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1983)
• Antje Akker
• Friso Siebolt (Frits) Jansema, delfzijl († 2018)
• Lucas Jules Castelein, Staden West Vlaanderen België († 1993)
• Gertrud Smidt, Gramsbergen († 1972)
• Adolf Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Wolrad Hans-Werner van Schaumburg-Lippe, Freiburg im Breisgau, Duitsland († 1983)
• Adolf Frederik Georg Willem Volrad Johan Werner Erfprins van Schaumburg-Lippe, Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg († 1983)

• Aaltje Gringhuis (74), Nieuw-Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Arthur Stringfellow (73), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Anna Kroon (72), Alkmaar
• Arie Trouwborst (72), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Marcel Arsène MENUET (37), , Challans, 85300, France
• Alfred Henry Lundquist (70), Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States of America
• Alberdina Kreffer (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Kroon (72), Alkmaar
• Anna, Maria Hermes (74), Vechel (N.B.)
• Christina Tienkamp (74), Assen

• 1952 » Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer († 2014)
• 1952 » Franklin Graham, American evangelist and missionary
• 1952 » George Lewis, American musician and composer
• 1952 » Joel Silver, American actor and producer, co-founded Dark Castle Entertainment
• 1953 » Martha Coakley, American lawyer and politician, 58th Attorney General of Massachusetts
• 1955 » L. Brent Bozell III, American journalist and activist, founded the Media Research Center
• 1958 » Mircea Geoana, Romanian politician and diplomat, 97th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1959 » Aubrey McClendon, American businessman († 2016)
• 1960 » Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland
• 1960 » Kyle Gass, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891)

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. Jacob
16. Jacobus

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.
• January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
• January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.

The temperature on July 14, 1956 was between 14.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.