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• Brigitte Celis († 2015)
• Elisabeth Maria van Lith († 1956)
• Albert Groen, Steenwijkerwold († 1988)
• Lubbertus (Bertie) Lemstra, Sneek († 1957)
• Doracy Back, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1960)
• Pamela Sue Daugherty, San Bernardino, California († 2003)
• Monique Mariette Horemans, Turnhout († 1978)
• Catharina Annette van Dalen, Zeist († 2022)
• Johanna Josepha Maria Vranken, Sittard
• Martine Vandevelde, Kortrijk

• Auke de Haan (80), Amsterdam
• Coleta VAN BUGGENHOUT (82), Merksem, Antwerpen
• Alexander Andries Weening (0), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Karstens (73), Utrecht (U)
• Anno Gezinus Stubbe (56), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Auke Haarsma (66), franeker
• Adrianus Rovers (77), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Boedijn (92), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna May Toolen (76), Los Angeles
• Abram G Vansteenwyk (64), Rock Rapids Lyon Iowa VS

• 1952 » Tovah Feldshuh, American actress, singer, and playwright
• 1954 » Edmund Zagorski, American convicted murderer († 2018)
• 1954 » Mandie Fletcher, English director, producer, and production manager
• 1954 » Teo Chee Hean, Singaporean politician and 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
• 1955 » Barbara Olson, American journalist and author († 2001)
• 1955 » Brad Murphey, American race car driver
• 1956 » Doina Melinte, Romanian runner
• 1958 » Steve Jones, American golfer
• 1959 » Andre Tippett, American football player and coach
• 1959 » Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author

• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

• 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 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
• November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on December 27, 1956 was between -2.5 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.