About the day » Monday December 31, 1956Calender converter

• Melita Georgetina Renfurm († 1957)
• N.N. Timmermans, Tilburg († 1956)
• David Allen Bartz, Waseca, Minnesota, 56093, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Hendricus Johannis ( Henk ) Romp, Middelburg
• Anke Jannie Baas, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joseph Pieter BYPOST, Netherlands († 1995)
• Russell Allen "Russ" Snyder, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Johannes Augustinus Maria (Hans) Wennekes, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Johanna Antonia Joke Kemper († 2015)
• Simon Jan Dogger, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Antonetta Maria Verbeek (79), Breda
• Baukje Sipkes Cupido (76)
• Bastiaantje Blaak (87), Geervliet
• Aart Cornelis van Bree (66), 's-Gravenhage
• Andries Stoelendreijer (82), Amsterdam
• Arie Korevaart (76), Rockanje
• Aart Cornelis van Bree (66), Den Haag,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltjen Egberdina Dieperink (80), Warnsveld
• Antônio Belli (59)
• Andries van Hemert (90)

• 1953 » Jane Badler, American actress
• 1954 » Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
• 1954 » Hermann Tilke, German racing driver, architect and engineer
• 1956 » Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter
• 1956 » Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
• 1956 » Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
• 1958 » Bebe Neuwirth, American actress and dancer
• 1958 » Geoff Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1959 » Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
• 1959 » Val Kilmer, American actor

• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

• 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 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
• December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

The temperature on December 31, 1956 was between -1.2 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.