About the day » Monday March 26, 1956Calender converter

• Nn Broers, Baarn
• N.N. Broers, Baarn († 1956)
• coenrardus peter marie verhaegh, helden-grashoek
• Geesje Wiersma († 2008)
• Geesje Ids (Geesje) Wiersma, Bergentheim, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Doodgeboren kind Schouwenaars, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Toon van Hattum, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• THEODORUS MOERMAN, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 1956)
• Doodgeboren kind van den Braak, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Margaretha Gerreske Maria van Schip, Utrecht († 2015)

• Alida Smit (53), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Maria Verstraete (79), Wervik
• Berendina Christina Busschers (68), Enschede
• "EDMOND" DOMINICUS MARIA VERCAUTEREN (80), BELSELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anthonius David Bosman (73), Rotterdam
• Bartus van den Brink (61), Soest
• Celine Verstraete (79), Wervik
• Antonie Pieter Huibertus Lammens (74), 's Gravenhage
• Asje van Bruggen (76), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles Leroy Nichols (67), Brasil

• 1954 » Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 » Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1954 » Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright († 2008)
• 1956 » Charly McClain, American country singer
• 1956 » Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 1957 » Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 » Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
• 1957 » Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1957 » Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
• 1958 » Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver († 1986)

• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 » John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)

• 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.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.

The temperature on March 26, 1956 was between 5.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.