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• Jenise Caroline Nordman, Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa († 2015)
• Hermine Beatrix Schellingerhout, Koudekerk aan den Rijn († 2012)
• Wilhelmina Johanna ( Miep ) Plomp, Delft († 2021)
• Ivo Smeets, Hasselt, België († 2013)
• doodgeboren de Best, Leiden († 1956)
• LOUISE SCHOONDERWOERD, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Pieternella Baks, Vuren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Charles Edward Todd Jr ?****, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Wim Kamer, Naarden († 2011)
• Leendert Johan Klaasse, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland

• Aagje Reuzenaar (95), Castricum
• Adam Thomas Mulligan (61), Tacoma, Pierce, Washington U.S.A
• Adriana Baak (84), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje de Lange (79), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Zuidema (79), Zwagerbosch, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Westra (83), Leeuwarden
• Aagje REUZENAAR (95), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• bastiaan van der VELDEN (81), numansdorp
• Akke Edzes Westra (83), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Edzes Westra (83), Leeuwarden

• 1954 » Ryan Cayabyab, Filipino pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1954 » Trevor Ryan, Australian rugby league player
• 1956 » David Guterson, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
• 1956 » Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Michael L. Gernhardt, American astronaut and engineer
• 1957 » Jaak Huimerind, Estonian architect
• 1957 » Kathy Kreiner, Canadian skier
• 1957 » Marijke Vos, Dutch educator and politician
• 1957 » Peter Sleep, Australian cricketer
• 1958 » Delbert Fowler, American football player

• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)

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.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• 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.
• October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on May 4, 1956 was between 6.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.