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• Jannie Harmina de Goede, Hoogvliet, Rotterdam († 1977)
• Andreas Gerhardus Wilhelmus Hebing, Wehl († 1960)
• Aaltje Tuitman, Middelstum
• Marian Gunnewick, Vragender,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1956)
• Camillien BOSSE, l'Hôpital régional d'Edmundston, N.-B. († 1986)
• Cornelius Antonius Andreas Maria Seebregts, Oisterwijk (Oisterwijk) (Noord-Brabant) († 2011)
• Willem Timmerman, Broek op Langedijk, Noord Holland († 2019)
• Willem Jacob van den Hoek († 2021)
• Shelley van Drimmelen, Ogden (Weber County) (Utah) († 2017)

• Alice Elisabeth Léonie M.-Louise de LANDSHEERE (55), Uccle, 21016, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Abramina Bruijnzeel (65), Sint Annaland
• Abraham Nicolaas Pont (65), Leiden
• Albert Johannes Schuurman (84), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Alexander Gerardus Hubertus Boijmans (71), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adolf Dekker (76), Zoeterwoude
• Albertje Smink (74), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Leo Flanagan (63), Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
• Adolf Dekker (76), Zoeterwoude
• Adrianus Visser (77), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1952 » Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 » Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
• 1952 » Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
• 1953 » David Clary, English chemist and academic
• 1953 » Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1953 » Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
• 1956 » Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 » Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
• 1959 » Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
• 1962 » M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)

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.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
• October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
• 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 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

The temperature on January 14, 1956 was between -1.0 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.