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• Stan Heesbeen, Waalwijk († 1980)
• Astrid Gerarda Gunthera Paula Kupper († 2010)
• Johannes Adrianus Hageraats, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Noel VERKEST († 1992)
• Gary John HUGHES, Warragul, Victoria, Australia († 1998)
• Antke Jantje Hazelhof, Winschoten († 1956)
• Cornelia Theodora Maria (Els) Verbraeken, Wateringen († 2016)
• Petrus Cornelis van der Helm († 2019)
• Clement BEX, Hasselt (B) († 2014)
• Albert Jan Engberts, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)

• Bertha Mary CHAPMAN (79), 70 Seafield Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
• Anna Louise Charlotte Sager (73), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Leida Kersten (88), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Boonstra (64), Haulerwijk, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina HEITMAN (82), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Francisca Smans (85), Tilburg
• Betsy Innes (91), Inverness,Inverness,Scotland
• Cornelia Groot (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert CHAPMAN (58), Carshalton, Sutton, Surrey
• * Jannetje Pieters Verheul (85), Moerkapelle

• 1955 » Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport
• 1955 » David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer
• 1955 » Martin Schulz, German politician
• 1956 » Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
• 1956 » Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer
• 1956 » Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
• 1956 » Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter († 2009)
• 1956 » Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
• 1956 » Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
• 1957 » Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (b. 1888)

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. 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 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.

The temperature on December 20, 1956 was between 3.4 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.