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• Klaas Jelle (Klaas) Tamminga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Gerrit Griffioen, Weesperkaspel, Noord Holland, NL († 2022)
• Robert Jan de Rijk, Egmond aan Zee († 2020)
• Robert Jan de Rijk, Egmond aan Zee († 2020)
• Nicolina Egbertha Francisca Stolwijk, Kamerik Utr († 2017)
• Fokje Sara Baas, Oldelamer († 2012)
• Maria Geertruida Heijnis, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Remco Nijland, Nieuw-Amsterdam
• Robert Bolink, Deventer († 2016)
• Jozef Daems, Lommel (B), België († 1982)

• Cornelia Timmermans (64), Tilburg
• Annigje van den Dool (68), Giessendam
• Augustinus Leonardus de Paauw (85), Oostburg
• Catharina Johanna Haasbroek (25), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ana Irene Hutchison (64), Hardin County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Leonardus de Paauw (85), Oostburg, Zeeland, NL
• Catharina Magdalena de Vos (88), Oost-en West-Souburg, ZL, NL
• Anje Boersema (88)
• Catharina Magdalena de Vos (88), Oost-en West-Souburg
• Anje Boersema (88), Uithuizen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1955 » Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Debby Boone, American singer, actress, and author
• 1956 » Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 » Ibrahim Shema, Nigerian lawyer, politician
• 1957 » Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager
• 1957 » Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Concrete Blonde)
• 1957 » Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor
• 1957 » Steve Carney, English footballer († 2013)
• 1958 » Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 » Beth Catlin, American Autistic savant

• 1934 » Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
• 1952 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)
• 1956 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893)

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.
• May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
• December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

The temperature on September 22, 1956 was between 14.3 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.