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• Manfred Klinger, Oberdorf am Ipf, Duitsland
• Heinrich Hermanus Stengel genaamd Gerling, Almelo († 2012)
• Cornelia Antonia Augusta de Vree, Rotterdam († 2006)
• Ton Melkert († 2020)
• Ria Goudswaard († 2003)
• N.N. van Alphen, Middelburg († 1958)
• Norman Lee Sinnema († 1981)
• Norman Lee SINNEMA, Bozeman Gallatin County Montana U.S.A († 1981)
• Kim Jolene Miller, Orange County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Jannetje CASA, Vierpolders († 2012)

• Anna Maria Theodora (Annie) De Groot (36), Utrecht
• Adriana Maria van Hooft (86)
• Aleida Johanna van Loo (85), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van Schagen (69), Den Haag
• Allegonda van de Brug (56), Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Velden, Vught
• Cornelis van Schagen (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• alphons peter hubert gielen (58), tegelen
• Auke Roelofs Kuipers (72), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Sjoerds (65), Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1953 » Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model
• 1954 » Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1954 » Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1954 » Mark Holden, Australian singer, actor, and lawyer
• 1955 » Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman
• 1955 » Gudrun Berend, German hurdler († 2011)
• 1956 » Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1956 » Jeff Probyn, English rugby player, coach, and manager
• 1957 » Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer

• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)

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 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
• 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 April 27, 1956 was between 4.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.