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• Johannes Paulus Valstar, Naaldwijk († 1957)
• Marnick Callens, Rumbeke († 2001)
• Hendrik Arnold Mulderij († 1971)
• Greg Shepherd, Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Oregon, United States of America († 2011)
• Johannes van Daelen, Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Johan T'JAMPENS, Deinze, Province of East Flanders, Belgium († 1977)
• Albertina Rae Almeida, Ogden, Weber, Utah (USA) († 1956)
• Teunis den Haan, Leiden († 1965)
• Bert Klunder, Grootschermer († 2006)
• Piet, Jansz Zwart, Egmond aan Zee († 1993)

• Agnes May Garnham (76), Queanbeyan, NSW, AU
• Alje Jacobus van Deemter (70), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Kinder Mans (79), Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
• Aren Verhage (61), Oostvoorne
• Aletta Wilhelmina van Stenis (83), Utrecht (NL)
• Cornelia Koopman (81), Oosterland
• Agnes May M. Garnham (76), Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
• Christina Margaretha Kager (68), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Anna van Esch (64), Oisterwijjk
• Benedetto Spinardi (76), Santo Antonio da Platina, Paraná, Brasil

• 1954 » George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
• 1954 » James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
• 1956 » Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician († 2014)
• 1957 » Laura Innes, American actress and director
• 1957 » R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2015)
• 1958 » Angela Bassett, American actress
• 1958 » José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
• 1958 » Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
• 1958 » Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach

• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 1959 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)

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. Jacob
16. Jacobus

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.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• 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 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
• 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 16, 1956 was between 13.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.