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• Carola SWART, Ilpendam († 2002)
• Corrie Fontein († 2009)
• Cornelis Jacobus Wijnand, Weesp († 1986)
• Meine Jan Hendrik Ter HORST, Steenwijk († 2000)
• Theo Wilpstra († 2017)
• Hendrik (Henk) de Vries, Joure, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Fennie Kuiper, Geldrop (gem. Geldrop-Mierlo, NBr) († 2016)
• Corrie Fontein († 2009)
• Kenneth Lindsay BYE († 2015)
• Eric Daniel Theijs, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Christina Ridder (83), Hilversum
• Bokke Hattuma (89), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Cornelia Schmitz (48), Utrecht
• Antonia Sijbranda ten Bruggencate (72), Ermelo
• Aris Renooij (74), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Godephrida van den Boom (Boorn) (78), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Ages Bosma (66), Heerde
• Christiaan Albertus Jakobus Maria Gier de (84), Roermond
• Charles Joseph Jensen (61), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut, U. S. A
• Anna Gertrud Cornelia Schmitz (48), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1955 » Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist, essayist and poet
• 1955 » David Wu, Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician
• 1955 » Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
• 1955 » Ricky Bell, American football player († 1984)
• 1955 » Ron Johnson, American businessman and politician
• 1956 » Christine Boisson, French actress
• 1956 » Jim Piddock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Michael Benton, Scottish-English paleontologist and academic
• 1956 » Roman Dragoun, Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1957 » Fred Smerlas, American football player and radio host

• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)

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 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on April 8, 1956 was between 4.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.