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• Angela Maria Câmara Scarabotto, Santos, São Paulo, Brasil († 2003)
• Nicolaas Koch, Maastricht († 1973)
• Jopie Zeijlmans, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Jan Piets Andriesen († 1958)
• Doyle Gene van den Berg († 2011)
• Hildegard (Hildy) van Diepen, Warmenhuizen († 1983)
• Tie Breeuwsma († 2017)
• Anne Jan Andriesen, Sint Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Marleen SEGERS, Leuven,3000,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2015)
• Hennie Lassche († 2003)

• Berendina van Esch (84), Zwollerkerspel, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Theresia Pelger (72), Poortugaal
• Anna Elisabeth Brandsen (66), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Antje Jonker (85), Zuidbroek
• Cornelis Vringer (70), Baarn
• Bert William Wood (85), Grant, Mecosta, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Annechina Drok (72), Veendam
• Alida Kramer (87), Schiedam (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (78), Venray
• Cornelis Beentjes (71), Beverwijk

• 1955 » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer († 1997)
• 1955 » Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician
• 1956 » Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
• 1958 » Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright
• 1958 » John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 » Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)

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.
• March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
• December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.

The temperature on April 15, 1956 was between 4.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.