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• Annelies Macdaniël, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jeanne Pieter Arendtje Kok († 2024)
• Roderic Marie van Egmond, Haarlem,Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1957)
• Dina van Aalst, Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Frédéric de Ligondès († 2016)
• Jayne Charlene Hohnloser († 1956)
• Michel Ernest Marie Madeleine Joseph Corneille ORTEGAT, Gent, 44021, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2008)
• Carolyn Hill († 2016)
• Willem Kwakkel, Westenholte, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1962)
• Henricus Verhoeven, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)

• Aart Schoordijk (61), Delft, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Swagemakers (69), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Adella Valliant (87), Dallas, Dallas, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Puplichuizen (72), Ravenstein
• Antoinetta Maria Cornelia Zoetmulder (46), Schiedam
• Albert Jan Bielderman (92), Gorssel
• Antje Pater (77), Westzaan, Nederland
• Alie Koster (17)
• Antoon van der Heijden (82), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Arnoldus Hochstenbach (75), Geleen-Lindenheuvel

• 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)

• 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 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• 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.
• November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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.