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• Jeannette Laura Geertje Krijgsman, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Geertje Duinkerken, Geesbrug, Oosterhesselen († 1975)
• Cornelia Catherina Burggraaff, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Carolina Maldonado Arroyo († 2008)
• Henk van de Bilt, Bergen op Zoom
• Geertje Duinkerken, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Geesbrug) († 1975)
• Joyce Sluis, De Lijnden († 1997)
• Willem Ophoff, Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2000)
• Kenneth van der Meulen († 2022)
• Taeke Looijenga, Luttelgeest († 2013)

• Anna Gadinger (47), Bellheim Dtsl
• Antje Jonkman (74), Schiermonnikoog
• Aaltje Barmentloo (76), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Hargreaves (80)
• Annigje Timmerman (84), Zuidwolde
• Aaltje (Evert Niemeijer) de Vos (95), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• * Thomas Gerardus Jacobs (72), Ede
• Antoinette Jacoba BEKX (2), Eindhoven(N-Br.)
• Antonia Petronella Johanna Hofmans (41), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Charles Abner Lyerly Jr (69), Mountain Home, Washington, Tennessee, United States

• 1954 » Patti Scialfa, American musician
• 1955 » Dave Stevens, American illustrator († 2008)
• 1955 » Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Stephen Timms, English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness
• 1956 » Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
• 1956 » Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
• 1956 » Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
• 1957 » Liam Davison, Australian author and educator († 2014)
• 1957 » Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1957 » Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player († 2016)

• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
• 1966 » Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
• 1970 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)

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.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.

The temperature on July 29, 1956 was between 13.6 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.