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• Johanna Hermina Reinders, Gramsbergen († 2017)
• Diny Koolhaas
• Johannes Pieter Wolf († 1992)
• Luanne Kay Drake, Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan († 2024)
• Anna Maria Christina Berends, Barger-Compascuum
• Jeffery Lloyd Hall, Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa († 2011)
• Martin Ynte Jacob Durieux, Delft († 1957)
• Mohammed Fassi-Fihri, Fes (MA) († 1981)
• jacobus arnoldus peter (jacques) berkers, helden-koningslust
• Wietze Coenen († 2009)

• Adriaan Hendrik van Ophuijsen (72), 's Gravenhage
• Aleida Rouw (63)
• Antonius Petrus Jochems (77), Breda
• Adriana Schuurbiers (90), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August VERBRAEKEN (83), Sint-Gillis-Waas, 9170, België
• Antonius van Kolck (53), Nijmegen
• Berend Jan Bouwmeester (95), Laren
• Alice BAUSART (73), Wilrijk, 11051, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Bontje Harmsma (55), Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Wijngaarden (16), Rotterdam

• 1954 » Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 » Dale Bozzio, American pop-rock singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Jay Osmond, American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer
• 1955 » Ken Salazar, American lawyer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1955 » Steve Small, Australian cricketer
• 1956 » John Cowsill, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1956 » Mark Evans, Australian rock bass player
• 1957 » Dito Tsintsadze, Georgian film director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Hossein Dehghan, Iranian general and politician, Iranian Minister of Defense
• 1957 » Mark Dean, American inventor and computer engineer

• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)
• 1967 » José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish author and critic (b. 1873)

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. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
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.
• January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
• November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on March 2, 1956 was between 6.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.