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• NN Goldhoorn, Groningen († 1956)
• Shannon James O'Keefe, Hollister, San Benito County, California, United States of America († 2014)
• Geny Machado Vicentine, Uruaçu, Goiás, Brasil († 2018)
• Margaretha Adriana Aaltje Jeanette van Dijk, 's Hertogenbosch, N.B († 2004)
• Danny MARIËN († 2003)
• N.N. Paulissen, Breda († 1956)
• Shannon James O’Keefe († 2014)
• Karel Gijsbertus Heruer († 2002)
• Frits van Loon († 1999)
• Diane Brenner († 1963)

• Bayard Cushing Hoppin (71)
• Bonna Vos (78), Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, United States of America
• Adolfine Wermoes (80), Essene, B
• Antonia Buis (64), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria (eerwaarde zuster Marie Francoise) Thijs (65), Etten
• Aleida Neelia Zwier (65), Voorburg
• Antonia Cornelisd X Buis (64), Alkmaar MCA/EaZ
• Antje Renses Pijpker (81), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bastiaan de Koning (88), Rijsoord, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Simon Groen (61), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1954 » Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter
• 1954 » Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress
• 1955 » Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
• 1955 » Susan Orlean, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic
• 1956 » Charles Moore, English journalist and author
• 1956 » Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
• 1957 » Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
• 1957 » Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)

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.
• May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• 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 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on October 31, 1956 was between -1.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.