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• NN Melkert, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Joan Beth Roozeboom († 2017)
• Pieternella Anthonie‫, Boers, Den Haag, Nederland († 2014)
• Jan Lucas Koops († 1977)
• Hendrikus Maria Waaijer, Geesteren († 1982)
• Margaret Rose Pressly Quayle M.D. [PHK Ob], Abbeville County, South Carolina ql († 2010)
• Wouter Timmer, Hierden
• Clara LEBÉE, Caen, 14118, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France († 1976)
• Henricus Hubertus Prummel, Waddenoyen (NL) († 2007)
• Jacob Johannes (Jaap) VERLOOP, Voorschoten († 2017)

• Aleida van Leeuwen, Velp
• Antonius Gerardus Hendrikus Michels (75), Groesbeek
• Catharina Kuckelkorn (59), Kerkrade (L
• Antonetta van Strien (64), Raamsdonk, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Josephina Tilmans (70), Heerlen, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus Maria van der Heijden (56), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Wüpping (69), Mussum
• Alexander van Tuijl (41), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Roovers (65), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella Beelen (80), Horst, Nederland

• 1955 » Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
• 1956 » Steve Scott, American runner and coach
• 1957 » Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• 1957 » Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub († 2012)
• 1958 » Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1958 » Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot († 1986)
• 1958 » Vanessa Downing, Australian actress
• 1959 » Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player

• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

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. Adriana
9. Petronella
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.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on May 5, 1956 was between 5.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.