About the day » Sunday January 1, 1956Calender converter

• Diana Gerda Hijstek, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Cecilia Smith († 1958)
• Alke Santing, Emmen
• Wouter Jan Suyderhoud, Den Helder
• Johanna Geertruid Admiraal, unbekannt († 1990)
• Edward Wheeler Jr Pruijn, unbekannt († 1971)
• Anthony Harold Baehl, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Gerard Langlais, Rainy River, Ontario, Canada († 1993)
• Dennis Lee Vis, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2012)
• Harry Bracke († 2006)

• Anna Eva Maciejczyk (71), Ubach over Worms
• Albert Johannes van der Leest (70), Groningen, Nederland
• Annie Gallery (54), Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland
• Anna Wolmoed (woltje) Koning (73), Volendam
• Albertus Christiaan Meijer (61), Hengelo
• Anna Wolmoed KONING (73), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Fuller Blood (90), unbekannt
• Annetje Maartens Vrijenhoek (61), Haarlem
• Aalbertje Kazen (68), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Scheltema (79)

• 1953 » Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1954 » Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic († 2012)
• 1954 » Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1955 » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 » Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
• 1956 » Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• 1956 » Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1957 » Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1958 » Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ

• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)

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 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 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.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
• 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 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on January 1, 1956 was between 2.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.