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• Levenloos geboren kind Elbers, Blaricum
• John Joseph Csizmar, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Jan Thomas Hendrik Visser, Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Suze Boelhouwer († 1996)
• Lieva GOETHALS, Kortrijk,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgi († 2010)
• Ronny van Hout, Geel (B), België († 1961)
• Lendert Hendrikus Lambertus Luijendijk, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Yolande Arentzen († 2017)
• Marco Antonio Lupion de Mello, São Paulo, Brasil († 1956)
• Paul George Vermoolen, Amsterdam († 1959)

• Albert Willem de Winkel (60), Rotterdam
• Albert Baron van Haersolte (77), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Lighaam (77), Ridderkerk
• Albert baron van Haersolte (77), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anne Annes Finnema (77), Koudum
• Albert van Haersolte van Haerst (77), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Haersolte (77), Amsterdam
• Albert Baron van Haersolte van Haerst (77), Amsterdam
• Alida Agterberg (57), Breukelen
• Albert van Haersolte (77), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1955 » Dan Gutman, American author
• 1955 » LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director
• 1956 » Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach
• 1956 » Carlo Urbani, Italian physician († 1993)
• 1956 » Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach
• 1956 » Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach
• 1956 » Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
• 1956 » Steve Doocy, American journalist and author
• 1957 » Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1957 » Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic

• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)

• 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.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
• September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
• 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.

The temperature on October 19, 1956 was between 6.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.