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• Henricus Joannes van Zantvoort, Eindhoven († 1956)
• Antje Maria Hammink, Amersfoort
• Stillborn Child VROEMEN, Heerlen (NL/LI) († 1956)
• Anthonie Huisman, Delft († 1987)
• Antonius Maria van der Hoeven († 2024)
• Susan Annette (Anette Susan) Kittrell Christensen <K TxBI>1, Ector County, Texas
• Beth Ann Bowers, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 2010)
• Elisabeth van 't Hof, Dordrecht, Nederland († 2011)
• HILDE JULIA JOANNES BRUYNINCKX, TURNHOUT,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE († 2018)
• Gerda Françoise Maria Ghislaine Appeltans, Vliermaal, België († 2002)

• Anna Welters (89), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Mechtildis Mathilde HEIJNEN (72), Sittard (NL/LI)
• Anthonius Mz van der Ende (75), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Adriana Aarden (83), Dongen
• Anna Margaretha Fluijter (79), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Konincks (90), Delft
• Anthonius (Toon) van der Ende (75), ,, Kwintsheul, Nederland
• Anthonius Ende van der (75), Naaldwijk
• Bernardina Maria Johanna Wientjes (83), Almelo, Ov, Nederland
• Adrianus Gommarus Guillielmus Juten (75), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland

• 1952 » Denis Napthine, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria
• 1953 » Carolyn Porco, American astronomer and academic
• 1953 » Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1953 » Phil Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager
• 1954 » Jeff Greenwald, American author, photographer, and monologist
• 1955 » Alberta Watson, Canadian actress († 2015)
• 1955 » Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi († 1994)
• 1956 » Peter Roebuck, English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster († 2011)
• 1956 » Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer

• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)

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.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• 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.
• July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
• September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on March 6, 1956 was between 1.8 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.