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• Johannes Jan Protzman, Almelo († 1956)
• Petrus Cornelis Maria BOOTS, Wijdewormer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Jeff Leroy Brown, Duarte, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Johan Rugenbrink, Den Burg, Gemeente Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Sans Nom Vantours, Hazebrouck (F) († 1956)
• Dick van Goinga, Groningen († 2016)
• Kim Rene Smith, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2021)
• Leonardus Petrus Johannus Cornelus (Leo) Van Kasteren, Eindhoven
• Thea Coenen, St. Agatha († 1963)
• NN Stegeman, Zutphen († 1956)

• Arthur Glen Gidcumb [K ||| Bu] (0), Monticello, San Juan, or Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Charles Spencer Baker (84), Mattydale, Onondaga, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Nicolaas Spoelstra (58), Leiden
• Aalt Docter (89), Voorst, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Margje Van Dijk (75), Emmen
• Adriaantje Bakker (76), Leiden
• Anna Antonetta FOCK (77), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Dietvorst (77), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Heijenk (58), Apeldoorn
• Aalt Docter (89)

• 1954 » Jere Burns, American actor
• 1954 » Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic
• 1954 » Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator
• 1954 » Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria
• 1955 » Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator
• 1955 » Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
• 1957 » Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer
• 1957 » Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
• 1957 » Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
• 1958 » Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author

• 1948 » Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 1958 » Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)
• 1959 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)
• 1960 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1963 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)

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.
• January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

The temperature on October 15, 1956 was between 8.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.