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• Grace (Gretha Jannie) Vermeer, British Columbia († 2018)
• Geert van der Meer († 1981)
• Gea Zwerver, Winsum
• Paul Anton Ulco Lodewijk Siermann, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1962)
• Frits van de Ven, Geldrop († 2006)
• Tiny Schilder, Volendam († 2023)
• Hubrecht Leendert Cornelis van der Marel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Thomas Andries Dreyer († 2010)
• Silvia Cristina Hoek († 1956)
• Leo Maria Gootjes, Amsterdam († 1956)

• Antje Spinder (88), ntv
• Afke Tjitskes Rijpkema (94), Den bosch
• Armand Lodewijk De Meutter (46), Antwerpen 2000(Belgie)
• Antje Siemens Spinder (88), Harkema-Opeinde
• Antje Symons Spinder (88), Harkema-Opeinde, Gem. Achtkarspelen
• Afke Tjitskes Rypkema (94), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Christianus Vos (88), Soest
• Antonie Leemereise (60)
• Bernardus Johannes Peeters (87), Ijmuiden Noord Holland (NL)
• Benjamin Franklin Blount (78), Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States

• 1954 » Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
• 1954 » George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 » John Ferenzik, American keyboard player, guitarist, and composer
• 1956 » Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Don Paige, American runner
• 1956 » Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
• 1956 » Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer († 2018)
• 1957 » Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 » Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist and composer
• 1958 » Maria Cantwell, American lawyer and politician

• 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)

• 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 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• 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 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

The temperature on October 13, 1956 was between 10.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.