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• Doria May 'Dora' Wilks († 2012)
• Hilligje Korneliske (Hilda) Winters, Steenwijkerwold († 2013)
• Raymundus Marcelinus Reelick, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Iris Marijn Kruyswijk, Haarlem († 1956)
• Ronald Theodorus Cornelis Maria Ammerlaan, Zoeterwoude
• Agatha van Sandick, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1981)
• Delores Kay Bolkema († 1956)
• Michael Allen Timmer († 1991)
• Henriette van Geest († 2017)

• Adriaan Cornelis Boland (78), Staphorst
• Adrianus Biestraten (80), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Bos (79), Ede
• Adrianus Biestraten (80), Zevenbergschen Hoek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Van Glabeke (73), Bevere-Oud, B
• Adrianus Blox (72), Eersel
• Aaltje Mannee (65)
• Cornelia Spierenburg (58), Utrecht
• Alexandre Vital Pinto Martins (86), Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil
• Annechien Sibering (71), Almelo

• 1954 » Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Adam Nawałka, Polish football player and manager
• 1956 » Darrell Pace, American archer
• 1956 » Dianne Reeves, American singer
• 1956 » Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1957 » Graham Rix, English footballer and coach
• 1957 » Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
• 1958 » Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
• 1958 » Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
• 1958 » Rose Nabinger, German singer

• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (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.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.

The temperature on October 23, 1956 was between 8.8 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.