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• Johanna E. van der Most, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Linda van Giersbergen († 2007)
• Guy Thomas Roemen, Canton-South Dakota (USA) († 1989)
• Allen Ray Klotz, Pennsylvania († 1976)
• Ben Keymes, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2013)
• Richard A Bonnema, Youngstown, Mahoning County Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Tini de Jong, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Leendert Willem Beekenkamp, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Leendert Willem Beekenkamp, Gouda († 1957)
• Gerrit Anne Jonkhans († 2022)

• Agnes Joanna van Beers (69), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Gijsberts Vos (86), Huizen
• Albertus Wapstra (63), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Wapstra (63), Heerenveen
• Adrianus Josephus Pijnenborgh (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Kroonen (72), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Anna Maria Debats (69), Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Smit (65), Vorchten (Heerde)
• * Elisabeth Aleida Leonarda van Eijkelenburg (51), Amersfoort
• Anthonia Johanna van Kampen (50), Zwammerdam, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1955 » Jim Mees, American set designer († 2013)
• 1955 » Mel Tiangco, Filipino journalist and talk show host
• 1956 » Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1956 » Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player
• 1956 » Fred Ottman, American wrestler
• 1956 » José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1956 » Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman
• 1957 » Andres Põime, Estonian architect
• 1957 » Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board
• 1957 » Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright († 2014)

• 1948 » Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
• 1954 » Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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. 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.
• January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.

The temperature on August 10, 1956 was between 14.0 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.