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• Grietje Hendrikje Sportel, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2020)
• Corrie van Maurik, Eindhoven († 2010)
• Marian Bruijns, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Marinus Gerard Dootjes, Texel († 2010)
• Richard Allen de Kock († 2020)
• Susan Dorothy Long, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States († 1956)
• Elizabeth Vielvoije, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Cecieleke Koekelkoren († 1959)
• John Paul Getty († 2011)
• Henri Willems

• Adriaantje Magdalena Kroos (78), rotterdam
• Arie, Jansz Blok (59), EaZ
• Arie Jansz X Blok (59), Huisduinen
• Cornelia Johanna Sieliakus (87), Haarlem
• Dimphna Kriesels (80), Eindhoven
• Anna Maria Theunissen (84), Ubbergen
• Alfred Hermann Neumann (70), Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Cornelis Hermanus (Cor) Kooloos (38), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Rijnberg (98), Sint-Annaland
• Dirk George Fransz (68), Jakarta

• 1954 » Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
• 1955 » Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
• 1956 » James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter († 1982)
• 1956 » Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1956 » Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1957 » Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
• 1957 » Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1958 » Lee Jasper, English activist and politician

• 1946 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1896)
• 1968 » Horace Gould, English race car driver (b. 1918)

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.
• January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• 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.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on November 4, 1956 was between 7.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.