About the day » Friday July 27, 1956Calender converter

• Brigitte Lesire, Hasselt / Belgie († 2010)
• Lee R Schmid, Crafton, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Maarten Vording, Emmen
• x Buijnsters, Etten Leur († 1986)
• Robert Adrian Snyder, Denver, Denver County, Colorado († 1994)
• Henricus Isidorus Jacobus Coenen, Stramproy († 1978)
• Mieke van de Vorst († 1990)
• Krijntje Geijteman, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Maria Elisabeth van de Vorst, Wanroij († 1990)
• Hotso Lolle Gerbens Spanninga († 1957)

• Adrianus van Bijnen (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Catherina Pieternella Dagelinckx (82), Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria van Huijgevoort (54), Tilburg, Nederland
• Bernard Todd (72), Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Arthur John TITMUS (83), Kew, Victoria, Australia
• Elizabeth Jane Siefert (25), Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Douffet (67), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Antonius Franciscus Maria SWINKELS (83), Aarle-Rixtel
• Christiaan Pieter Johannes Hendrikse (83), Middelburg
• Alida Anna Tebben (85), Nieuwe Pekela

• 1954 » G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Mark Stanway, English keyboard player
• 1954 » Philippe Alliot, French race car driver and sportscaster
• 1954 » Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist and author
• 1955 » Allan Border, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1955 » Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer
• 1955 » Cat Bauer, American journalist, author, and playwright
• 1955 » John Howell, English journalist and politician
• 1956 » Carol Leifer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Bill Engvall, American comedian, actor, and producer

• 1948 » Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1948 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
• 1951 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889)

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.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
• 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 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
• November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

The temperature on July 27, 1956 was between 11.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.