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• Filip Peter Eugène Neven, Hasselt, België († 2018)
• Marinus de Wildt, Oudenbosch († 2000)
• Jannesje de Ruiter, Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• doodgeboren kind van der Velden, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Doodgeboren kind Smits, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Rick Kessinger († 2002)
• Patricia Dalian, Garden City, Delta, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1956)
• Sheila Darnell Krigbaum († 1987)
• Ria Schraepen, Schulen, België († 1996)

• Benjamin Gardner (97)
• Adrianus Johannes HUIJSKENS (68), Ermelo Gelderland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Ardina Derks (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina Pothoff (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacoba Fokker (75), Benthuizen, Gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Lamboo (67), Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands
• Alphons Lambert Spee (79), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana van den Burg (58), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Jules Henri Victor Winssinger (71), Dilbeek, Brabant Flamand, Flandre, Belgique
• Antonius van Grinsven (95), Boxtel, Nederland

• 1954 » James Fearnley, English musician
• 1954 » John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
• 1954 » Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach
• 1954 » Scott Bakula, American actor
• 1955 » Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
• 1955 » Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
• 1957 » Don Garber, American businessman
• 1957 » Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1945 » Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
• 1950 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
• 1953 » James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)

• 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 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
• May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• 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.

The temperature on October 9, 1956 was between 9.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.