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• Ineke Tinke, Barendrecht († 2006)
• Jan Willem Bosma, Anna Paulowna († 2001)
• Anita Maria Joanna Leppens, Lommel († 1982)
• Martina Catharina Maria Manders, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands († 1997)
• Denise Rae den Besten, Sioux Center (Sioux County, Iowa, USA) († 1956)
• Marcel Procureur, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Jeike Douma, Drogeham, Nederland († 1983)
• Rita Vandenberghe, Roeselare († 2008)
• Roeland Henri van der Bijl, Arnhem († 2018)
• Paul Slegers, Kasterlee, België († 2015)

• Cornelia Helena van Lierop (79), Hillegom-Zuid-Holland-Nederland
• Anna Maria Henriette Rondaij (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Heijboer (81), Nieuw-Vossemeer, Nederland
• Cornelia Boekraad (77), IJsselstein
• Annigje KLOEK (75), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Helena van Lierop (79), Hillegom
• Antonius Josephus Jenniskens (81), Vierlingsbeek
• Artje van Maren (52)
• Cornelis de Jong (80)
• Annigje Kloek (75)

• 1955 » Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
• 1955 » Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
• 1955 » Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
• 1956 » Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1956 » Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
• 1957 » Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
• 1957 » Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player († 2016)
• 1957 » Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
• 1957 » Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (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. 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 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
• July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
• October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
• November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.

The temperature on May 27, 1956 was between 6.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.