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• Tineke Manders, Oss, NBr., NL († 1997)
• Paul Slegers, Kasterlee, België († 2015)
• Lous Levendig († 2008)
• A(Annette) Klaassen, Albergen(Tubbergen) († 1989)
• Marcel Procureur, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Martina Catharina Maria Manders, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands († 1997)
• Maria Magdalena van Veelen, Den Haag, Gemeente den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Annette Klaassen, Albergen († 1989)
• Bodo Felisiak, Oberhausen, Dld († 2004)
• Anita Maria Joanna Leppens, Lommel († 1982)

• Antonius Josephus Jenniskens (81), Vierlingsbeek
• Adrianus Heijboer (81), Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL
• Anna Maria Henriette Rondaij (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Frederik Hardeman (Hardemans) (43), Edmonton
• Betty Leigh Reynolds (71), DeKalb, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Helena van Lierop (79), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Dam (75), Kalamazoo Township (Kalamazoo County) (Michigan)
• Cornelia Neeltje Schipper (57), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NED
• Adrianus Franciscus van Oosterhout (74), Ouder-Amstel, North Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Hogerbrugge (76), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
• 1955 » Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
• 1955 » Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
• 1956 » Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1956 » Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
• 1957 » Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
• 1957 » Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player († 2016)
• 1957 » Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
• 1957 » Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)

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 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
• April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• 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.
• October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.

The temperature on May 27, 1956 was between 6.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.