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• Adrie Mondria, Vollenhove († 2011)
• Herman de Jong, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2023)
• JOHANNA THEADORA MARIA MAAT, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bart Leroy Miles, Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• NN Kruijsbergen, Bunnik († 1956)
• Hilligje Vaartjes, Zwolle († 2012)
• Marinus Cornelis Johannes Bertus Uijl, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• IJsbrand Visser, Den Helder († 2009)
• (levenloos) Hoogenbosch, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Wim Olde Bijvank († 2003)

• Arie Baris (64), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Maaike Kars (34), Leerdam
• Bregitta Boots (84), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Wassenaar (22), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alice Doom (51), Kaaskerke,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Catharina Brom (67), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Bollen (78), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Afke Jetzes Reyenga (58)
• (levenloos) Hoogenbosch (0), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alberdina Hermina Kumeling (72), Zelhem

• 1951 » Alley Mills, American actress
• 1953 » Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
• 1955 » Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
• 1955 » Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia († 2012)
• 1956 » Jana Wendt, Australian television host
• 1956 » Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 » Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 » Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer
• 1960 » Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach († 2014)
• 1961 » Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

• 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 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.

The temperature on May 9, 1956 was between 6.7 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.