About the day » Tuesday December 25, 1956Calender converter

• Louis Delorge, Waremme, België († 2006)
• Jenny De Munck, Temse, België († 2013)
• Noël Edgard Gerarda Ballegeer, Eeklo († 2019)
• Adriana Maria A. Th. Huibers, Spanbroek
• Franklin McDonald Fuller, Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina († 2008)
• Harold Vogel, Essen, Germany
• Carl Armand Fuglistahler, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Montenij, rozenburg († 2014)
• Janet Lee Phillips, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 2007)
• Carl Stephens, Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1956)

• Annie Isabella Kennedy (70)
• Carolina Siep (58), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clara Croes (82), Aruba
• Anna Maria de Grooth (82), Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland
• Klaas Dekker (60), Hoogeveen
• Albert Boonstra (83), Meppel
• Anna Maria Bon (48), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria de BONT (73), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Jeanne" Marie Pauline Victurnienne de Rougé (93), Pancy-Courtecon, Aisne, France
• Bernice Kruitbosch (35), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

• 1953 » Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner
• 1954 » Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1957 » Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1957 » Shane MacGowan, English-Irish singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1958 » Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer
• 1958 » Hanford Dixon, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1958 » Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach

• 1949 » Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
• 1953 » William Haselden, British cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)
• 1961 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (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. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
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.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
• October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.

The temperature on December 25, 1956 was between -4.0 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.