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• Antonia Maria (Bekke) Dik, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ferdinand Veldhuizen, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1974)
• Gerardus Elisa Maria Manders 13AOA, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2005)
• Iris Prudentia Maria de Man, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• CHANTAL OLGA RENEE JAMAR, OUGREE († 2018)
• NN Beij, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Gerrie Manders († 2005)
• Adrianus Anthonius (Aad) van Goozen († 2010)
• Lambertus Lovinus Maria Mettrop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• NN Pronk, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland

• Aaltjen Kroon (82), Urk, Gemeente Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Boere (71), Rotterdam
• Arend Hoeksema (65), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie de Kievit (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Sterren (81), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jozefina Hochstenbach (77), Heerlen, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Lugt (71), Olst
• Aaltjen van der Lugt (71), Olst
• Arend Willems Hoeksema (65), Zuidhorn, Nederland
• Barteld Menkveld (52), Coevorden

• 1953 » Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
• 1954 » Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
• 1954 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1955 » Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and popular science writer
• 1956 » Katy Munger, American writer
• 1957 » Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer († 2017)
• 1957 » Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1957 » Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
• 1957 » Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
• 1960 » Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)

• 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 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

The temperature on December 29, 1956 was between -0.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.