About the day » Monday February 6, 1956Calender converter

• Schouten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Hendrika Sophia Veldstra, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Mathea Jacobs, Helden († 1956)
• Johannes Antonius Leeflang, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa († 2020)
• Willie van de Heuvel, Diessen, Nederland († 2011)
• Bote DOEVENDANS, Sneek, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Rudy Lugtenberg, Creil († 2011)
• N.N. Jacobs, Chaam († 1956)
• Titus Maria Holtslag, Dalfsen Overijssel Nederland († 2018)
• Henry Jess Wilkey Sr, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Anthonia Houtman (88), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Axel Adlersparre (74), Högalid, Stockholm, Sverige
• Anne Doek (76), Smilde
• Antonetta Wilhemina Voortman (71), Wijhe
• Camille Terryn (84), Prugny,Aube,France
• Abigail Spray Campbell (69), Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co, MI
• Antonetta Wilhelmina Voortman (71), Wijhe
• Anna Arbach (92), Mijnsheerenland
• Catharina Johanna Heetveld (78), Utrecht
• Antonius Johannes de Jong (77), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1952 » Ric Charlesworth, Australian cricketer, coach, and politician
• 1955 » Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
• 1955 » Bruno Stolorz, French rugby player and coach
• 1955 » Michael Pollan, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1956 » Jerry Marotta, American drummer
• 1957 » Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs
• 1957 » Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian
• 1957 » Robert Townsend, American actor and director
• 1957 » Simon Phillips, English drummer and producer
• 1958 » Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director († 2004)

• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)
• 1967 » Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
• 1972 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)

• 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 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.

The temperature on February 6, 1956 was between -5.4 °C and -1.0 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.