About the day » Monday January 23, 1956Calender converter

• Johannes D.A. Waning († 2007)
• Erna Maria Weterings, Beverwijk († 1990)
• Kees Tuijp, Edam-Volendam († 2020)
• Cornelia Antje de Vreugd, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Sjaak Lenders, Maasbree/hosp († 2023)
• Pieter Anton Lautenbach, Groningen († 1956)
• Cheryl Ann Clemmons († 1956)
• Henri J. Vandevelde, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 2008)
• Jack Ramakers († 1999)
• Randy Lee Aswegan, Grundy County, Iowa († 2011)

• Antoon Joseph Wierts (89), Schinnen (Beekdaelen), Limburg, Nederland
• Arnolda Hessel (70), rotterdam, Nederland
• Antonius Marinus Dekkers (71), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apolonia Weiland (71), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Antje Poll (88), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus de Jongh (78), Raamsdonk
• Anna Margaret Straub (87), Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Marie Jansen (79), Ladysmith (Wisconsin, VS)
• August Joseph Beiting (80), Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky, VS
• Aart Priem (54), Soest

• 1952 » Omar Henry, South African cricketer
• 1953 » Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian
• 1953 » Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
• 1953 » John Luther Adams, American composer
• 1953 » Robin Zander, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Trevor Hohns, Australian cricketer
• 1957 » Caroline, Princess of Hanover
• 1958 » Sergey Litvinov, Russian hammer thrower († 2018)
• 1959 » Clive Bull, English radio host
• 1960 » Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
• 1966 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1895)
• 1971 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
• 1973 » Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
• 1973 » Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)

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 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on January 23, 1956 was between 0.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 24.4 mm of rain during 16.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.