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• Dirk Frans WOUTERS, Wijnegem
• Jewitt ray Catt, New Orleans, Lousiana, United States († 1989)
• Janneke Zegers († 2002)
• Karen Marie Kelly, Burlington, Ontario, Canada († 2009)
• judith coenen, heythuysen
• Janneke Suzanna Zegers, Zuid-Eierland (Texel) († 2002)
• André van Nierop, Leidschendam, ZH, Nederland († 1956)
• Doodgeboren kind van Oort, Tilburg († 1956)
• Theodorus Ignatius Johannes SCHRAMA, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• John Max Guilhamoulie, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada († 1956)

• Bernard Lieverdink (87), Zelhem
• Catharina Maas (90), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Wilmsen Karolus Joannes (70), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Athos Aramis Armstorff (49), Indonesia
• Alan RANGER (6)
• Adrianus HOPSTAKEN (80), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van Eerden (60), Uitgeest
• Arnodus Jacob Eigenhuis (60)
• Antonius Petrus Jochems (78), Breda
• Agatha van der Vliet (91), 's Gravenhage

• 1954 » João Lourenço, Angolan president
• 1954 » Marsha Warfield, American actress
• 1955 » Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
• 1956 » Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
• 1956 » Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1957 » Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician († 2018)
• 1957 » Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 1988)
• 1958 » Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager

• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)

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.
• January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on March 5, 1956 was between 1.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.