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• Deen Ann Salyer [|||], Galveston, Texas († 1956)
• Margaret Rose Pressly Quayle M.D. [PHK Ob], Abbeville County, South Carolina ql († 2010)
• Willem 'Wim' van Beelen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• NN Melkert, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• jan konings, kessel († 2013)
• Willem van Beelen, Leiden († 2001)
• Joan Roozeboom († 2017)
• Pieternella Anthonie‫, Boers, Den Haag, Nederland († 2014)
• Hendrikus Maria Waaijer, Geesteren († 1982)
• Jacob Johannes (Jaap) VERLOOP, Voorschoten († 2017)

• Antoinetta van Strien (64), Raamsdonk
• Adrianus Cornelis van Vliet (54), Leiden
• Adrianus Jacobsz Bakkum (67), Den Haag
• Adrianus Cornelis van Vliet (54), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Wüpping (69), Mussum
• Catharina Kuckelkorn (59), Kerkrade (L
• ADRIANUS BAKKUM (67), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Adam Wijnands (60), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida van Leeuwen, Velp
• Anna Hubertina Niessen (74), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland

• 1955 » Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
• 1956 » Steve Scott, American runner and coach
• 1957 » Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• 1957 » Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub († 2012)
• 1958 » Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1958 » Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot († 1986)
• 1958 » Vanessa Downing, Australian actress
• 1959 » Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player

• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

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 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
• May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
• July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

The temperature on May 5, 1956 was between 5.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.