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• Gerarda Henrica Adriana Maria van de Kreij, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Olaf Carl McDaniel, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Kees Frederik van der Mije, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• N.N. van der Avoort, Breda († 1956)
• Adrie Spijker († 2002)
• Darrell Keith Wade, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Petrus Sombroek († 1998)
• Hilligje (Hilly) Oosterhof, Steenwijk († 2016)
• Caspar J. Delahaye, Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Robert Rene Friso Prinsen, Den Helder († 2010)

• Elizabet den Haan (75), Haamstede
• Agatha Barbara Theissling (67), Alkmaar
• Charles d'Harcourt (86)
• Adrianus Bertens (84), Tilburg
• Adrianus Bertens (84), Tilburg
• Agatha Barbara Theissling- (67), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Elizabeth den Haan (75), Haamstede
• Elsie Mary (Elsie Marij) Berry (Berrij) (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dorothy Caroline Cilke (37), Burlington, New Yersey, Verenigde Staten
• Agustin Samaniego (60), La Rosa, Coahuila, México

• 1953 » Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 » Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor
• 1953 » Julian Brazier, English captain and politician
• 1953 » Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist
• 1954 » Erdoğan Arıca, Turkish footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1954 » Jorge Jesus, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1955 » Brad Watson, American author and academic
• 1956 » Charlie Crist, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Florida
• 1957 » Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1958 » Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer and coach

• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
• October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• November 3 » Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
• December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.

The temperature on July 24, 1956 was between 11.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.