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• jacoba martina elisabeth verhaegh, helden-beringe
• Marinus Adrianus Meijer, Sassenheim († 2021)
• Angele van den Bosch, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Levenloos kind Hondebrink, Almelo († 1956)
• Hendrik Kreeft, Breda
• Edith Andrea Kamphof, Zutphen († 1962)
• Martien Martijn, Rotterdam
• Marlies van Lienen, Alkmaar
• Gerardus Pieter Hendrik Bismeijer, Joppe (Gorssel), Gld, The Netherlands († 1999)
• Jeanne Yvette Lelievre, Sint Truiden († 2020)

• Antje Gouma (67), Eindhoven
• Augustinus Franciscus van der Steen (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van Dam (88), Klundert
• Antje Gouma (67), Eindhoven
• Adrianus Cornelis Engelbertus Lambert (67), Noordwijkerhout
• Adriana Alblas (74), Voorburg, Nederland
• Anna P Sheehan (82), Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
• Adriana Wilhelmina Leonhardt (75), Den Haag
• Anna Wessels (72)
• Bernard Cornelis Koolhaas (81), Maarn, Nederland

• 1953 » Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist († 2003)
• 1954 » Michael P. Jackson, American politician, 3rd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1954 » Ron Zook, American football player and coach
• 1954 » Timothy Curley, American educator
• 1954 » Vic Sotto, Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
• 1955 » Dieter Rubach, German bass player
• 1955 » Eddie Jobson, English keyboard player and violinist
• 1956 » Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
• 1958 » Hal Sutton, American golfer

• 1944 » Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Hermann Fegelein, German general (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Roberto Farinacci, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1962 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)

• 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 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
• October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• 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.

The temperature on April 28, 1956 was between 5.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north.