About the day » Tuesday January 3, 1956Calender converter

• Sjoukje Bosgra († 2003)
• Danny Cyriel SABBE, Roeselare († 2019)
• Maria Margriet van den Haak, Katwijk († 2013)
• Thomas Lee SMITH († 2000)
• Gloria Jean Berns, Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin († 1991)
• Petrus Antonius (Peter) Hagen († 2008)
• Baudouin LEBEGGE († 2013)
• Jan Kruit, Ter Apel
• Rachelle Meyer, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 2025)
• Lyle Wayne HUTCHINGS, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2002)

• Aartje VAN LINGEN (47)
• Amy Christina HARRIS (80)
• Aaltje Korf (86), Huisduinen
• Ada Ellen Leonard (88), Wanatchee, Douglas, Washington
• Adrianus Johannes Odijk (51), Rotterdam
• Alice Newlin (94), Annapolis, Parke County, Indiana
• Adrianus Johannes Odijk (51), Rotterdam
• Albert van de Worp (64), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia Jovina de Figueiredo (73), Alpinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Abram Verbiest (76), Leiden

• 1951 » Linda Dobbs, English lawyer and judge
• 1952 » Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid
• 1952 » Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1952 » Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator
• 1953 » Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author
• 1953 » Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives
• 1953 » Peter Taylor, English football winger and manager
• 1956 » Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean actor, director, and producer
• 1960 » Russell Spence, English racing driver

• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944)

• 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.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• 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 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.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on January 3, 1956 was between -4.0 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.