About the day » Monday May 14, 1956Calender converter

• louisa coenrarda maria hunnekens, helden-grashoek
• Gerrit Seigers, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1990)
• Frans Jacobus Harthoorn († 2022)
• Ronald Hendriks, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Calvin Lundberg († 1982)
• Paula Post, Uithuizen († 2011)
• Joyce Annette de Kruyf
• Edward L. van Buren jr., Dodge County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Hieronymus Josephus Otto Maria (Jeroen) Hoogma, Nijmegen († 1973)
• Lydia Anne Moore, Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania († 1994)

• Catharina Bookelaar (87), Goes
• Andries Simonis (69), Den Haag
• Adriana Elisabeth Rutjes (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Rijkenberg (85)
• Andries Simonis (69), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Johannes Claus (64), Groningen
• (Jkvr) Margaretha Maria Backer (76)
• Clemens Ernest Alexander van Hövell tot Westerflier (78), Roermond, Paays-Bas
• Cecilia May Stewart (81)
• Antje van Wonderen (80), Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
• 1955 » Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
• 1955 » Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
• 1955 » Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1955 » Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
• 1956 » Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1956 » Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
• 1958 » Chris Evans, English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
• 1958 » Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer

• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
• 1953 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
• 1959 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)

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. 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.
• January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 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.
• August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• 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.
• November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.

The temperature on May 14, 1956 was between 4.8 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.