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• Lieutenant Floyd Wayne Cheeks, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• John Edwin Granneman, Ermelo-Gelderland-Nederland
• Roelofje van der Woerd, Nijkerk († 1976)
• Arthur Glen Gidcumb [K ||| Bu], Monticello, San Juan, Utah († 1956)
• Geert Bols, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Henderikus Dokter († 1975)
• Willem Loermans, Amsterdam († 1956)
• Valentina L Lease, Tucson, Pima County, AZ, United States († 1994)
• Martinus Hendrikus Adrianus Peemen, Prinsenbeek
• Gil Bondy, Haifa († 1966)

• Arie Leenderd Taal (81), 's-Gravenhage
• Carl Fred Wm Kempe (91), Miranda, South Dakota
• Antonia Stekelenburg (70), Woerden
• B.G(Berendina) Heerdink (58), Bornebroek (Borne)
• Antonia Stekelenburg (70), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonetta van Poppel (77), Hooge Mierde
• Antonie van Tilborg (56), Schiedam
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• Adrianus Boekestijn (79), Haarlem
• Aleida Johanna Greiving (70), Raalte

• 1954 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer; Irish republican politician († 1981)
• 1954 » Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian-Lebanese-French business executive
• 1954 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle racer († 1982)
• 1955 » Józef Pinior, Polish academic and politician
• 1955 » Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver
• 1956 » David Willetts, English academic and politician
• 1956 » Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1958 » Paul MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Harry Womack, American singer (b. 1945)
• 1983 » Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)

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. 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.
• February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
• June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.

The temperature on March 9, 1956 was between -4.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.