About the day » Tuesday February 7, 1956Calender converter

• Annigje Van der Ree Doolaard, Zuid-Beijerland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Elsien Zweep, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Johannes Albert Elzinga († 1956)
• Linda Marie Gorke*, Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Raul Roy Lopez, Sugar Land, Fort Bend, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Eddy Sluiter, Zwolle († 1978)
• Adriaan de Feijter, Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1976)
• Johannes Lens, Leiden († 1998)
• Dirk Leopold Chodzynski, Vlaardingen († 2015)
• Johannes Lens, Leiden († 1998)

• Adriana Willemina Timmermans (78), Middelburg
• Bailey Lincoln Cumins (36)
• Céline Piscart (65), Orchies, Nord, France
• Clemmie John Ledford (56)
• christina maria van KERKVOORDE (67), terneuzen
• Anje Stoppels (62), Loppersum
• Alida Wilhelmina Schols (79), Zeist
• Aaltje de ROOS (89), Rotterdam (Z-H)
• Annita Dens (0)
• Anna Maria Engelina Louisa Rientjes (69), Zwolle

• 1953 » Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet († 1998)
• 1954 » Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 » Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director († 2017)
• 1955 » Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host
• 1956 » John Nielsen, Danish racing driver
• 1956 » Mark St. John, American guitarist († 2007)
• 1957 » Carney Lansford, American baseball player and coach
• 1958 » Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1958 » Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician
• 1958 » Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician

• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)

• 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 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• June 23 » The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
• July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
• November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

The temperature on February 7, 1956 was between -9.9 °C and -3.1 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.