About the day » Thursday April 26, 1956Calender converter

• Theodore Robert Kamstra, Keoluk County, Iowa († 2016)
• Kathleen Linda SMITH, Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia († 1987)
• Bruce John Froh († 1974)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Maria (Jan) Opdam, Amsterdam Prinsengracht († 2016)
• Lubbertus Kornelis Swart, Groningen († 2017)
• Tjerk Wilhelm (Wil) van Dijk († 2004)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Opdam, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Johannes Theodorus (Jos) Bergman, Zwolle († 2019)
• N.N. van Roosmalen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Benny Froyen, Hasselt, België († 2023)

• Berend Doornbos (66), Amsterdam
• Catherine Hart (84), Alpena Township, Alpena, Michigan, United States
• Anna Modderman (63), Uithuizen
• Augusto de Courarie Courrege (64)
• Bruno Ferreira Ferreira De Freitas (73)
• Antonius Pellis (59), Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend van 't Slot (60), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Bakkum (77), Heemskerk
• Adriana Cornelia Minnigh (77), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Veluw (62), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1954 » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1954 » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
• 1955 » Kurt Bodewig, German politician
• 1956 » Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
• 1958 » Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver
• 1959 » John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Roger Taylor, English drummer
• 1960 » Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach

• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
• 1968 » John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)

• 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.
• June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• 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).
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.

The average temperature on April 26, 1956 was 7.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.