About the day » Saturday March 3, 1956Calender converter

• Barbara Rhode, Munster, Duitsland († 2008)
• Alida Petronella Margaretha Oosenbrug, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Florentius BEENTJES, Nelson (Nieuw-Zeeland) († 1980)
• Peter van Gorkom, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Frans Schreurs, Vaassen († 1999)
• Ronny GAYTANT, Geluwe († 1974)
• Simkje van der Galiën, Welsrijp († 1956)
• Dirk Zorgdrager, Vlieland(FR) († 2011)
• Lodewijk Severein, Hengelo († 2013)
• Marchien Aurelia ("Tiki") Stroink, Enschede

• Alexius Antonius Boomaars (26), Tilburg
• aaltje wilhelmina GORZEMAN (86), zuidland
• Adriaantje Kaptein (87), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anna Maria Held (54), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Prins (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Zwetzelaar (91), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Adolf Leonardus Antonius Staphorst (61), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Kamp (90), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Leijtje van !Duin, Katwijk
• Anna Reuskens (84), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1953 » Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1954 » John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Keith Fergus, American golfer
• 1955 » Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
• 1956 » John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer
• 1956 » Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
• 1957 » Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
• 1958 » Miranda Richardson, English actress

• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)

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. Jacob
16. Jacobus

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.
• January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
• January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

The temperature on March 3, 1956 was between 4.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.