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• Henderikus Dokter († 1975)
• Debra Lyn SEIDNER, Elizabeth (NJ, USA) († 1990)
• Arthur Glen Gidcumb [K ||| Bu], Monticello, San Juan, Utah († 1956)
• Peter Klessens, Bladel en Netersel († 1978)
• Martien Hamers († 2005)
• Lidie Engbers († 2023)
• Stephen Bertrand Kittrell <K TxBI-USS>0 fr 1, Smith County, Texas († 2018)
• John Edwin Granneman, Ermelo-Gelderland-Nederland
• Eduard List († 2010)
• (Stillborn) SNIJDER, Buitenpost (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands († 1956)

• Bastiaan Visser (51), ’s Gravendeel
• Arie Vredeveld (75), ´s-Gravenhage
• Barbara Litster (85), Worthing, Sussex, England
• Antonie van Tilborg (56), Schiedam
• Barbara Ann Bosch (0)
• Antonetta van Poppel (77), Hooge Mierde
• Antje de Vries (89), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Hillebrand, Leiden
• B.G(Berendina) Heerdink (58), Bornebroek (Borne)
• Adrianus Boekestijn (79), Haarlem

• 1954 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer; Irish republican politician († 1981)
• 1954 » Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian-Lebanese-French business executive
• 1954 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle racer († 1982)
• 1955 » Józef Pinior, Polish academic and politician
• 1955 » Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver
• 1956 » David Willetts, English academic and politician
• 1956 » Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1958 » Paul MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Harry Womack, American singer (b. 1945)
• 1983 » Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)

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 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• 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 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.

The temperature on March 9, 1956 was between -4.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.