About the day » Monday September 24, 1956Calender converter

• Roeleke Kleine Deters, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Klazienaveen († 1994)
• Marianne Maria Assunta Jansen, Utrecht, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2003)
• Hielke Wijngaarden, Diever († 2015)
• Sientje Annechien Aaltje (Sieneke) Kraai, Groningen Groningen Nederland († 1987)
• Albertje Beerta van der Wal, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Paulus, Dominicus, Laurentius Melkert, Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Mark Robert Schoenheider, Frankfurt († 1994)
• Janice Marie "Jan" Schol, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Kim Wallace REID, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2022)
• Gezina Delger, Amsterdam

• Camille Jacques Joseph Neuraij (82), Venlo, Lim, Nederland
• CATHARINA JOHANNA Baars (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Anna Else Arnold (63), Halle an der Saale, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Antje Piebes Zandstra (68), Koog aan de Zaan
• Carlos Manoel de Barros Lima (8), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Angelina PRETORIUS (66)
• Coenraad Samuel van Beuningen (74), Utrecht
• Cornelia Catharina Versteeg (90), Vinkeveen-Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Samuëlsz van der Meij (81), Leiden
• Andries Klaver (62), Losser

• 1952 » Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager
• 1953 » Peter Halley, American painter and educator
• 1954 » Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
• 1955 » Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
• 1956 » Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
• 1957 » Brad Bird, American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and actor
• 1957 » Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
• 1958 » Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer
• 1959 » Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer
• 1959 » Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman

• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
• 1962 » Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1973 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)

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 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 24, 1956 was between 10.8 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.