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• Marnix Frederik Camiel Cherlet, Maldegem († 1996)
• Bernardus Hendrikus (Bennie) Swieters, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 2011)
• Thiemen van Nieuwenhuizen, Ermelo († 2008)
• Steven George Perry († 2016)
• Gerardus Franciscus Maria van Keijsteren, St. Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Dirk Paul Grouwstra, Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Annie Helena Mobach, Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gerardus Gijsbertus (Gérard) van der POEL, Utrecht
• Agnes Theresia van Rozen, Leeuwarden
• Jesse Molina Cantu, Texas († 1962)

• Antonius Rood (69), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adolf Albert Baas (27), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Albert Baas (27), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Anne van den Heuvel (64), Rotterdam
• Berend Jan Kunstman (69), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Weber (59), Den Haag
• Adrianus Petrus van Egmond (74), Haarlem
• Adriana Verschelling (76), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Benjamin Foubert (66), Detroit (USA)
• Clarence Louis Woldenberg (68), Contra Costa Co, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1953 » David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
• 1954 » Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1955 » Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1956 » Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
• 1956 » Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
• 1957 » Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
• 1957 » Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
• 1959 » Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer

• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)

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 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

The temperature on October 11, 1956 was between 5.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.