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• Mary Angelica Loogman († 1981)
• Judson Michael Sjaarda, Sioux Center, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Erik Weijers († 2023)
• Sandra Kay Teeselink, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota († 2011)
• Duijndam, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jitske van der Laan, Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Rein Bakker, Den Helder († 2005)
• Willem Meidert Adrianus Janssen, Gouda († 2010)
• Maria Johanna Cornelia van Loon, 's Gravenmoer († 1956)
• Jacoba Edens, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Berendina (Ouders:Albertus Hofstede, Catharina Hofstede (geb. Boensma)) Hofstede (85), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Moonen (85), Udenhout
• Antje Wietzes Veenema (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Westen (90), Amsterdam
• Bregtje Sakes de Vries (86), Boyden, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alberta Hendrika Antonia Jouai- (84), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Alberta Hendrika Antonia Jouai (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria de Laat (76), Cromvoirt
• Alfred Key (90), Coke Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Leermakers (91), Vught

• 1953 » Poison Ivy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Anthony Head, English actor
• 1954 » Jon Brant, American bass player
• 1954 » Patty Hearst, American actress and author
• 1957 » Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
• 1959 » David Corn, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Scott Brayton, American race car driver († 1996)
• 1960 » Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea († 2014)
• 1960 » Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

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. 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.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
• 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 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
• November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
• 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 February 20, 1956 was between -14.0 °C and -4.2 °C and averaged -8.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.