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• Léon PUTTERS, Clermont (Lg.),4890,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2016)
• Raymond Klint, Den Haag († 2010)
• Marcel Maria van Polanen Petel, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Robby Melger, Jakarta, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië († 2016)
• Marcel Maria van Polanen Petel, Zwijndrecht († 1975)
• Liefke Elizabeth Bos, Appingedam († 2021)
• L.L. Peters Verbunt, Kerkrade (L († 1956)
• Levenloos Zwagerman, Waarland (Harenkarspel), Noord Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Henri√´tte Zoetbrood, Heerlen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2014)
• Johanna Lucia Maria SPRONK, Beesd († 2015)

• Aafke Kleiwerda (86), Velsen
• Aldegonda van de Lest (78), Gennep
• Alida Carolina (Frederiks) Moeselaar (57), amsterdam
• Atje Brouwer (83), Zeist (Utrecht)
• Alida Carolina Moeselaar (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria. von Hebel (77), Emmer-Compascuum, Nederland
• ALBERT René Mauritius Constantia Holemans (38), Mol
• Anna Maria von Hebel (77), Ter Apel, Nederland
• Agnes M Fenstermaker (58), Orange, Orange Co. California
• Antonetta Magdalena VAN DER KELEN (54), Clinge,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS

• 1953 » Alfred Molina, English actor
• 1955 » Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter
• 1955 » Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer
• 1955 » Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1956 » Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop
• 1956 » R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian
• 1958 » Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
• 1959 » Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player († 1985)

• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)

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 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

The temperature on May 24, 1956 was between 6.6 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.