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• Adriana Schuurbiers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• James E Kelly († 1971)
• Sally Toal, Moy, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1978)
• Wendy Joy Plomp († 2007)
• John Weisel Dillingham († 1971)
• William Asselman, Aalst, België († 1974)
• Gerard Klaver († 1980)
• Gilles Croquette, Bailleul, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• Sandra Kay Schmidt, Charles City, Floyd Co., IA († 1981)
• catharina mathea christina (toos) bruijnen, maasbree

• Annie Elizabeth BUSCH (83), McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Adriana Elisabeth van de Ree (69), Eindhoven
• Clasina Johanna Kleijwegt, Delft
• Aletta van Scherpenzeel (92), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Duijn (86), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Lien (36), Rotterdam
• Dirk Willem Deegens (60), Haarlem
• Cornelia Anthonia Spaan (75), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christina Vink (74), Utrecht
• Aart Rooderkerk (82), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands

• 1953 » Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
• 1955 » Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler († 2016)
• 1955 » Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
• 1955 » Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary († 2008)
• 1956 » Lisa Hartman Black, American actress
• 1956 » Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
• 1956 » Petra Morsbach, German author
• 1958 » Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper († 2019)
• 1958 » Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia

• 1946 » Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1952 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
• 1963 » Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)

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 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• 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 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.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on June 1, 1956 was between 8.3 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.