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• Maria Gesina Heidotting, Emmen († 2019)
• Joyce L van de Graaf, Gemeente s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Sylvia Lisa Wilhelmina van Bree, 's-Heerenberg,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Angelika Maria EMPTER, Bonn, Regierungsbezirk Koln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duitsland († 2010)
• NN Piening, Drouwenermond, Borger
• Fredericus Cornelis Halman († 2001)
• Joseph Gerardus Anna Klerks, Nijswiller († 1995)
• Karla Beth Sneller, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)
• Antonia de Kruijk, Leerdam († 1959)
• Maria Gesina (Sientje) Heidotting, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)

• Anna Willemijntje Bouwmeester (83), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Denise Michelle Dosher (0), Southport, Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Cornelia Johanna Helena Hoogenbosch (62), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bregje Hauwert (68), Enkhuizen
• Antoinette Joanna Maria Campman (47), Bussum
• Aaltje Johannesen van Elk (85), Enschede, Nederland
• "Joseph, Emile" Libert (69), Malmedy route de Chôdes 51
• Adrianus Smaling (78)
• Anna E Hesebeck (83), Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Veerman (0), Purmerend

• 1954 » Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer
• 1955 » Bill Osborne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1955 » Eamon Gilmore, Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
• 1955 » Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver († 1992)
• 1955 » John de Mol Jr., Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
• 1955 » Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
• 1955 » Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
• 1955 » Michael O'Keefe, American actor
• 1956 » James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
• 1957 » Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician

• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
• 1964 » Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)

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. Jacob
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Hendrika
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.
• May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• 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.
• September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

The temperature on April 24, 1956 was between -1.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.