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• Lilian Astrid den Ouden, Kingston,Frontenac Co,Ont
• infant Teller († 1956)
• Johnny Alfons, Hooghalen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2000)
• Johannes van Kooten, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• NN van Maanen, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1956)
• Lilian Astrid Den Ouden, Kingston, Frontenac Co, Ont
• Anno Hendrik Koops, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2013)
• Jeanne Dynette Hammink, Almelo († 1956)
• Ruth Martha Elisa (Matti) VAN WOLFFELAAR, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Paul Bosmans, Bree, Provincie Limburg, België († 1956)

• Albert Habing (89), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus van Ek (55), Ede
• Bernice Canfield (60), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Reuvekamp* (70), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Theresia Ypma (79), Workum, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stokman (93), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Willem Harmelink (1), Ratum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Doodgeboren Kind Derks (0), Boxmeer
• Arnold Jozef EYBEN (75), Borgloon (B)
• Christina Angenita BRUSSE (85), Maarssen (Utrecht)

• 1952 » Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
• 1952 » Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator
• 1953 » Bruce Sutter, American baseball player
• 1954 » Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist († 1995)
• 1955 » Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer
• 1955 » Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1957 » Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
• 1958 » Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
• 1958 » Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
• 1959 » Paul Hester, Australian drummer († 2005)

• 1945 » Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)
• 1948 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)

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. Adriana
9. Petronella
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 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• 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.
• September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
• 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 average temperature on January 8, 1956 was 0.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.