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• Naamloos Bouwmeester, Buitenkaag († 1956)
• Jopie van Rosmalen, Onna (Steenwijkerwold) († 1956)
• Barbara Ann Duncan, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Johanna Geertruida Maria Tacken, Meterik
• Donald Ames Stages, Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, NM († 1956)
• Eric Joost Welling, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Thijmen Grootjen († 2002)
• Jacob Harminus KOOPMAN, Barger,Compacuum († 2005)
• Evelina Braam, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2003)
• James Miller, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa († 2021)

• Alfonsius Aloysius Maria Derksen (8)
• Aart Nummerdor (83), Nijkerk
• Donald Ames Stages (0), Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, NM
• Calvin Vincent (89), Talequah, Oklahoma, United States
• Elisabeth Maria van Dijk (73), Tilburg
• Abraham Koet (77), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Allardus Jacobus Bleijs (76), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Roobol (47), Rotterdam
• Antje Sakes Kooistra (26)
• Bernardus Johannes Knaap (69), Enschede

• 1954 » Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
• 1954 » Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1956 » Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
• 1956 » Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
• 1957 » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
• 1957 » Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
• 1958 » Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant

• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)

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.
• March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• 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 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.

The temperature on August 17, 1956 was between 12.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.