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• Ellen Caroline Puhl, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jayne Charlene Hohnloser († 1956)
• Hendrik Wachtmeester, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1973)
• van Vugt, Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1988)
• Michael Francis Rudy ten Cate, Brisbane (Qu, Australië) († 1997)
• Terrie Linn Stakes, Orange County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Maria Johanna Paulina van Vugt, Gilze en Rijen († 1988)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1956)
• Bernardus Johannes Adrianus Antonius (Berry) van IERSEL, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Patricius Thomas Giezenberg, Jakarta, Djawa-Barat († 1957)

• Adriaan Leendert SCHEERS (60), Utrecht
• Adriaan Vermerris (80), Middelburg
• Agnes Saxby (74), Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England
• Arnold HOCHSTENBACH (75), Geleen, 2687, Limburg, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Schreurs (61)
• Adriaan Vermerris (80), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Abel Prins (73), Groningen
• Aaltje Speelberg (35), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Jandr Pater (77), Westzaan
• Alida van Velzen (73), Heemstede

• 1953 » Chuck Muncie, American football player († 2013)
• 1953 » Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist († 2001)
• 1954 » Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
• 1955 » Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
• 1955 » Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and bass player
• 1955 » Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
• 1956 » Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer
• 1957 » Michael Kelly, American journalist and author († 2003)
• 1958 » Christian Clemenson, American actor

• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. John
12. Adrianus
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Jacobus
16. Jacob

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Hendrika
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Marianne
15. Patricia
16. Jacoba

• 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.
• April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
• April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
• November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The temperature on March 17, 1956 was between 1.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.