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• levenloos geboren kind († 1956)
• Linda Jane Barthen, Amstelveen († 2001)
• Leonardus Gerardus Kok, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Yves DISCLEZ († 2010)
• Rebecca Anne Zimmerman, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Luc Dejager, Kortrijk (W-VL) België († 2023)
• Raymond Dwayne Pitt, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Jan Maria Theresia Adriaens, Kortessem, België († 2018)
• andreas peter marie (dre) lenders, helden-beringe
• Levenloos Kind Bangma, Oosterzee, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)

• * Leonardus Branten (84), Haarsteeg
• Cornelia Justine Susanna SASSE (58), Amsterdam
• Bart Vermazen (84), Tiel
• Adrianus Jacobus Brands (69), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Bernardus Hoitink (87), Hupsel
• Adrianus Johannes Zeeuwen (46), Oisterwijk
• Arie de Heer (91), Weesperkarspel
• Petrus Joannes Baert (72), Axel
• Barbarina Ankersmit (45), Doetinchem
• Anna Marie Luise Kulpe (77), Enschede

• 1952 » Dave Loveridge, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » François Berléand, French actor
• 1953 » Richard Broadbent, English businessman
• 1953 » Valeri Bondarenko, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1955 » David Collier, English businessman
• 1957 » Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1959 » Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1959 » Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager
• 1959 » Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer
• 1959 » Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
• 1956 » Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)

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.
• April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• 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 Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.

The temperature on April 22, 1956 was between 0.8 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.