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• Frederick M. GARDNER Jr, Salisbury, Wicomico, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Geertruida Petersen, Nijkerk
• Pietsje Deelstra († 2003)
• Wilma Gravekamp, Valkenburg Z-H († 2018)
• Doris Louise Wubbena, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 2021)
• Carl Gibson Stevenson, Brooklyn, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Lynn Kaye Sapp († 1957)
• Rudy Eugene Gabrielle Saenen, Louvain, Belgique († 2011)
• Andy Severijn, Utrecht
• John L. Aldrich († 1989)

• Antonius Bernardus Platvoet (72), Losser
• Anna Koopman (91), Overisel-Michigan-USA
• Arie Haasnoot (65), Scheveningen
• Catharina VAN DEN EIJNDEN (70), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Haasnoot (65), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arien Vlam (90), Den Helder
• Arnoldus Josephus Stassen (71), Sluizen (B)
• Antonie Johan van der Velden (53), Nieuwer Amstel
• Anne Booij (78), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Doornbos (42), Utrecht

• 1953 » Jan Davis, American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 » Paul Wellings, English ecologist and academic
• 1955 » Beth Leavel, American actress and singer
• 1955 » Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician
• 1957 » Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1957 » Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby player
• 1958 » Mark Austin, English journalist
• 1958 » Robert Hart, English singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Susanna Clarke, English author and educator
• 1960 » Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.

• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)

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.
• January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
• October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

The temperature on November 1, 1956 was between -3.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.