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• Ernesto Gonzalez Arroyo, Valencia († 2016)
• Ria Smeets, Sint-Truiden, België († 2016)
• Brechtje Neeltje Plug, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• (Stillborn) NAUTA, Dokkum Friesland Netherlands († 1956)
• Lambert POTZE († 1977)
• Carina Julia Cattrijsse, Aartrijke († 1995)
• Lambert (Bert) Potze († 1977)
• Peter Johannes van den Driest, Almkerk († 2001)
• Jozef Alfons Martha Moenssens, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Sonia VANDERSCHELDEN, Oudenaarde, 45035, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• Alfons DE PRETER (76), Beerzel, 2580, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adriana Maria OLSTHOORN (65), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartus Marinus van Swieten (64)
• Christiena Maria Rauhé (59), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Cornelis Tuijtel (58), Rotterdam
• Berthe Amélie Pauline Fredericq (87), Alost
• Arie Oudwater (46), Rotterdam
• Antonia Wilhelmina Coppens (62), Tilburg
• Arigje Suiker (71)
• Bertha Kersten (85), Kerkrade

• 1954 » Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
• 1955 » Dick DeVos, American businessman
• 1955 » Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
• 1955 » Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter († 1997)
• 1956 » Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1956 » Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
• 1957 » Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1957 » Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1958 » Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888)

• 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.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• 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.
• October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on October 21, 1956 was between 6.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.