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• Fausta Francani, Lentate Sul Seveso
• N.N. Meijvis, Breda († 1956)
• Thomas Henry Fry, McKees Rocks, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Ellen Scheuller, Rotterdam
• Annet Eisses († 2017)
• Arie Roos, Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Frank Harmon Stanga Jr († 1991)
• Bernhard Elberts, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Ria Egelmeers († 2005)
• Paul Ray Brewer († 2014)

• Adrianus Ballijns (83), Weesp
• Anna Catharina Voeten (80), Rijsbergen
• Andrew van de Griend (73), Middleburg, Sioux County, Iowa
• Alfred Georges Marie Joseph CAILLIAU (79), Sainte-Adresse, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
• Anna Margaretha de Vries * (72), Den Helder
• Mulder (67), Valthermond
• Aletta Christina Schaake (86), Blerick
• Bendina Maria Nass (83)
• Adriaantje van der Marel (61), Rotterdam
• Bartha Maria Grotenhuis (72), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1953 » Henning Schmitz, German drummer
• 1953 » Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
• 1953 » Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1953 » Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
• 1954 » Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 » Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
• 1955 » Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
• 1956 » David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host
• 1957 » Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host
• 1958 » Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer

• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

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.
• January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
• May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

The temperature on December 26, 1956 was between -5.0 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.