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• Helena Petra Jacoba Maria van Loon, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2020)
• Martje Lamme († 2011)
• Jean Claude Brisson, Oudenaarde († 2013)
• Jeanne Maria Geerdina Raijmakers († 2020)
• Abraham Klok, Valthermond, Odoorn († 2023)
• Gerrit van Beek, Putten († 2011)
• Coba Strampel, Dedemsvaart († 2022)
• Margaret Becker, Fairman, Marion County, Illinois, United States of America († 2017)
• Dick Bruinius († 1975)
• Piet Witsmeer († 2002)

• Aernout Hindriks Bril (79), groningen
• Antje Mes (74), Alkmaar
• Anna Maria Braam (85), Elten, Duitsland
• Alida Maria Kraak (47)
• Agnes van der Geer (84), Wassenaar
• Adriaan PLEIJTE (64), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vis (59), Sommelsdijk (ZH Nederland)
• Antje Tuurenhout (65), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Roedoe (83), Utrecht
• Aletta Johanna Noordhoek Hegt (71), 's-Gravenhage

• 1953 » Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1953 » Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer
• 1954 » Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver († 1993)
• 1954 » Steve MacLean, Canadian physicist and astronaut
• 1955 » Jane Crafter, Australian golfer
• 1955 » Jill Pipher, American mathematician and academic
• 1956 » Hanni Wenzel, German skier
• 1956 » Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician
• 1958 » Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Spider Stacy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
• 1964 » William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1970 » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)

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. Yvonne
11. Hendrika
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.
• March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on December 14, 1956 was between 4.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.