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• Maasland, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• NN Rave († 1956)
• Cornelis Meiling, Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2017)
• adriana (jenny) hanssen, winnipeg (canada)
• Michael Kwasigroch, Bremen, Bremen, Duitsland († 2021)
• Marlinda Gayle WHITFIELD, Auburndale († 1958)
• Martinus T.H.A. Schagen, Kerkdriel († 2020)
• Marja Biesboer, 's-Gravenhage († 1998)
• Martinus T.H.A. van Schagen, Kerkdriel († 2020)
• Dale Germain († 1956)

• Cornelis Jacobus Kerremans (69), Raamsdonk, Noord Brabant
• Adriana Rietveld (80), Tienhoven
• Antje Agatha Kalkman (83), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Donker (58), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Godding (75), Maastricht, Nederland
• Bereindina Brakke (36)
• Allan Nelson McGregor (68), Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
• Cornelis Jan Keukelaar (64), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Cornelis Korver (68), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Raalte (65), Dongen

• 1955 » Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor
• 1955 » Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player
• 1955 » Edwin Moses, American hurdler
• 1955 » Gary Webb, American journalist and author († 2004)
• 1955 » Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic
• 1956 » Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
• 1956 » Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
• 1956 » Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
• 1957 » Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Gina Schock, American drummer

• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)

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. 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.
• April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• 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.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 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.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on August 31, 1956 was between 3.8 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.