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• Marie-Louise Janssen († 1956)
• Karl Albrecht Ferdinand Leopold Philipp Joseph Rafael Maria HABSBURG, Stockholm Sweden († 1957)
• Jan Gerrit Brand, Bergentheim († 1957)
• Frans Wijns, Genk, België († 1979)
• Jerilynn Beth Roth, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• David Allen van Loo, Willard (Huron County) (Ohio) († 1985)
• Gerrits († 2015)
• Feike Thomas Hoogma, Blokzijl († 1989)
• Hendrik Jan Kapitein, Den Helder († 1964)
• Paulina Maria Rovers, Asten-Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)

• Arthur Demey (66), Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Cornelia Adriana Kort (79), Haamstede
• Arendje Diderika Rietdijk (79), Geervliet
• Antoon Joseph Maas (25), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Clasina Amelia Weitner (49), De Bilt,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonie Lakerveld (45), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Elisabeth den OUDEN (77), Eindhoven
• Cornelis van der Slikke (63), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cerulus Dominicus de Waal (56), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christopher Clayton Woodrum (87), Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

• 1954 » Doug Davidson, American actor
• 1954 » Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1954 » Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician, junior senator from South Dakota
• 1954 » Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1955 » Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
• 1956 » Dale Maharidge, American journalist and author
• 1956 » David Stergakos, American-Greek basketball player
• 1956 » Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
• 1957 » John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
• 1957 » Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager

• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1965 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1966 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)

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.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

The temperature on October 24, 1956 was between 10.6 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.