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• Ann de Groot, Lethbridge (Lethbridge), AB, Canada († 2024)
• Emmet Riley John Thomas Moore, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Alice Faye Young, Marion Ohio († 2006)
• Josephus Gerardus Maria (Jos) MIGGELBRINK, Dinxperlo (NL) († 2016)
• Ans Steeghs, Li.NL († 1992)
• Cornelia Henny Eerenstein, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Johanna Maria Mathilde Tenhave, Breda
• NN Mekkes, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Doodgeboren kind van Delden, Haarlem († 1956)
• Richard Dale Britzman, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States († 2022)

• Coenraad van Roseel (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Thijsdr. van Terwisga (85), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Beatrice Lorene Comer (37), Pueblo County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Thijsd. van Terwisga (85), Schoonebeek, gemeente Emmen (DR Nederland)
• Abram Gerritsz Glas (52), Langedijk
• Albert Makkinga (71), Zwolle
• Berend DORENBOS (89), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Alta Alice Brower (68)
• Abraham Glas (52), Sint Pancras, Nederland
• Berend Wybrands Dorenbos (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
• 1955 » Nancy Rothwell, English physiologist and academic
• 1955 » Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1956 » Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
• 1956 » Peter Bruce, Scottish chemist and academic
• 1956 » Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
• 1957 » Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » John Cook, American golfer
• 1957 » Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 » Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer

• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)

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. Johan

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. Linda

• 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 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• 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.
• September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• 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.

The temperature on October 2, 1956 was between 12.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.