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• Lubbertus Kornelis Swart, Groningen († 2017)
• Tjerk Wilhelm (Wil) van Dijk († 2004)
• Bernadien Nijman († 1995)
• Matthieu Verstegen, Den Haag, Nederland († 1998)
• Johannes Theodorus (Jos) Bergman, Zwolle († 2019)
• Karst Dalhuisen, Nijmegen († 1990)
• Benny Froyen, Hasselt, België († 2023)
• Doris Spencer († 1999)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Opdam, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Bruce John Froh († 1974)

• Arthur J. SCHROER (46)
• Adriana Cornelia Minnigh (77), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berta, Maria Vermeulen (47), Ameriva
• Bruno Ferreira De Freitas (75), Sumé, Paraíba, Brazil
• Antonia Derks (84), Groeningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Johannes Ferwerda (63), Leeuwarden
• Bernard Johan Hansen (51), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartus Kamphorst (72), Hilversum
• Catharine Christine Biehl (78), Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Aafke Smit (81), Appingedam, Groningen, 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)

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 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
• March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• 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 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.

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.