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• NN Fokker, Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Gerrit Oosting, Zweeloo († 1986)
• Dirk Rozeboom, Nunspeet (Ermelo), Gld. Nederland († 2020)
• Alda Michels, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1958)
• Clara ALVAREZ, Cuba(Zuid Amerika) († 2005)
• Koolen, Kaatsheuvel, gem. Loon op Zand († 2004)
• maria wilhelmina hermina (mia) joosten, helden-panningen
• Joanna Lucia Maria van Loon († 1996)
• Gisela Katharina Buckinx († 2013)
• Boni Gaethofs, Diest († 1989)

• Arnolda lamberta maria Kolsteren (40), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia Stoop (52), Zevenbergen
• Albertus Johannes van Elst (55), Cuijk
• Alice Mary Reeves (80), Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Cornelia Sloven (69), Ossendrecht
• Alfred William Foote (69), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Benjamin J. "Ben" "Bennie" Mammenga (53), Turner Co., SD
• Aletta Kastelijn (70), Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Zandbeek (48), Schijndel
• Adriana Sara van Amerongen (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1954 » Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards
• 1954 » Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1955 » Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
• 1955 » Kate Mulgrew, American actress
• 1956 » Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher
• 1957 » Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
• 1957 » Mark Kendall, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Eve Plumb, American actress
• 1958 » Gary Cohen, American baseball play-by-play announcer
• 1958 » Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
• 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Paula Strasberg, American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909)
• 1966 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

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. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Marianne
15. Patricia
16. Linda

• 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 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• 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 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

The temperature on April 29, 1956 was between 6.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.