About the day » Sunday June 3, 1956Calender converter

• Carl Schepers, McBain, Missaukee County, US-MI († 1956)
• Wilhelmina van 't Spijker, Drogeham, Friesland, Netherlands
• Guido Petrus Aloijsius Marie de Maat, Hontenisse,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2028)
• Levenloos geboren dochter Kuijer, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jacobus Theodorus Gerardus Van van Dorresteijn, Soest († 2002)
• Koenrardus Adrianus (Koen) van Zoest, Reeuwijk († 2021)
• Yves Durieux († 1956)
• Nn Kuijer, Hilversum († 1956)
• Marvin BOUMAN († 2008)
• Jacobus Theodorus Gerardus van Dorresteijn, Soest († 2002)

• Antje Abrahams Berkenpas (76), Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha SNIJDERS, Stevensweert
• Alice Elizabeth GRIERSON (66), Saginaw, Michigan, United States
• Arnoldus Klaasen Rozeboom (85), Enschede
• Caroline von Uexküll-Gyllenband (81), Lautlingen, Allemagne
• Ariea Sonneveld (59), Delft
• Aaffien van der Winden (78), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Caroline d'Uxkull-Gyllenband (81)
• Ariea Sonneveld (59), Pijnacker
• Adriana Maria Cornelis de Bakker (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1952 » Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter († 2009)
• 1952 » David Richards, Welsh entrepreneur and businessman
• 1954 » Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
• 1956 » Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1959 » Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
• 1960 » Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge († 2016)
• 1960 » Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host

• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)
• 1969 » George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (b. 1895)

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. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
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.
• January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on June 3, 1956 was between 12.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.