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• viviane Fougeray († 2007)
• Leda Nunes Batista de Souza Aranha, Brasil († 1956)
• Wilma Verdonkschot, Heemstede († 2008)
• Apolonia Paulina Karelse, Heinkenszand († 2021)
• Carine Bauwens, Wetteren († 2020)
• Anneke Eiting († 2013)
• Jeanine Frieda van Dijk, Brüssel,,Belgien,Elsena († 2019)
• Klazientje Winkels († 2020)
• Josephus Leenders, Nijmegen († 1995)
• Ralph van Hooft († 2008)

• Alfonsius Verreck (90), St Joris Winge
• Antonie Thomas Hendrikus Hulsebos (54), Zwolle
• Spinder (0), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Brouwer (61), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert Guy Roberts (73), Mabton, Washington
• Adrianus Willem van Die (79), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Cornelis van Swol (73), Raamsdonk
• Kamsiah (74), Soerakarta, Dutch East Indies
• Adrianus Luitjes (68), Leiden
• Adriaan Moelijker (78), Noordgouwe gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL

• 1952 » Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer
• 1955 » Mark David Chapman, American murderer
• 1956 » Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist († 1995)
• 1957 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player († 1979)
• 1958 » Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 » Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1959 » Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
• 1959 » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1959 » Victoria Rowell, American actress
• 1960 » Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
• 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 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

The temperature on May 10, 1956 was between 8.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.