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• hendrikus gerardus maria (ruud) opstals, helden-dorp
• Theo Zwetsloot, Lisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Jan Jacob Filak († 2015)
• Herbert Temmink, Alstätte († 2007)
• Marijke PATERNOTTE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Mark L Steinhoff, Onawa, Monona County, Iowa († 2002)
• Gabriëlle Wetzels, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België († 1956)
• Hendricus Franciscus Maria van der Heiden, Schiedam († 2001)
• David Alvin Wheelock († 1957)
• Mark Lewis Steinhoff, Onawa, Monona, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Anastasia Vassilievna Petrovo-Solovovo (58), Moscou
• Catherine Mary WOOD (75), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Adriana Andeweg (76), Heinenoord
• Adrianus Albertus Willibrordus van Hazendonk (72), Utrecht
• Arie Marinus van Beusekom (83), Rijswijk
• "Charles" Alfred Paul Edmond de Villoutreys de Brignac (83), château de Saint Hénis, Andigné, Maine-et-Loire, France
• Adriana Jobje de Cocq (73), Schiedam, Nederland
• Agatha Stolwijk (82), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Adriana Verhage (87), Zoutelande, Nederland
• Adriana van Bodegom (76), Rotterdam

• 1955 » Debra Winger, American actress
• 1955 » Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 » Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 » Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
• 1955 » Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1956 » Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor
• 1957 » Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
• 1957 » Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
• 1957 » Joan Benoit, American runner
• 1957 » Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
• 1955 » James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)
• 1955 » Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1956 » H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1961 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (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. 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.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• 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.
• November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
• December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

The temperature on May 16, 1956 was between 6.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.