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• NN Kamphuis, Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1956)
• Jantje van de Werfhorst, Vroomshoop († 1999)
• Timothy Charles Remmerswaal, Subiaco,, Western Australia, Australië († 1988)
• Terri Lou {Mayes} Altuna, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America († 2012)
• Matthieu van den Elzen, Rosmalen († 2003)
• Julius Johannes Ludovicus de Heer, Hong Kong († 2010)
• Piet Schalken, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Jantje van de Werfhorst, Vroomshoop, Overijssel, Nederland († 1999)
• Arjen Meerman, Vlaardingen († 2013)
• Neeltje Maria Otter († 2023)

• Aart Palland (72), Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Koeman (79), Wormerveer, Nederland
• Albert S Todd **** (51), San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Veldkamp (72), Heerde, Nederland
• Antonius Damianus Zimmerman (82)
• Adriana Roks (80), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hiddes Tiekstra (84), Warga
• Arie Nottelman (80), Roosteren
• Anthonius Rutting (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Palland (72), Kamperveen, Nederland

• 1952 » Carol Shea-Porter, American social worker, academic, and politician
• 1954 » Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
• 1957 » Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
• 1958 » Andrew George, English politician
• 1958 » George Saunders, American short story writer and essayist
• 1958 » Vladimir Parfenovich, Belarusian canoe racer and politician
• 1959 » Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general († 2013)
• 1960 » Peter Blakeley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Razzle, English rock drummer († 1984)

• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
• 1966 » Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1966 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)

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.
• 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.
• November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• 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 December 2, 1956 was between 4.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.