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• Jan Zonneveld († 2012)
• Johanna Elisabeth Maria Hooijmans, Maasdriel († 2008)
• N.N. Kuipers († 1956)
• Alphonse Maria van Stralen, Utrecht († 2020)
• Bernard Frank Kalvelage, Elgin, Antelope, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Wouter van den Berg, Amsterdam († 1957)
• Jan Schokker († 2012)
• Bastiaan Leendert Quist, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NED († 1979)
• Peter Johannes van den Driest, Vlissingen, ZL († 2001)
• Suzanna Antonella Ileana TRUCCHIA († 2006)

• Cornelis Koolen (86), Raamsdonk
• Adriaan Rijnberg (91), Sint-Annaland
• Aaltje Toren (64), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelia Gorter (45), Amsterdam
• Alphonsus Josephus Godeau (93), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriaan Rijnberg (91), Sint Annaland
• Christina Johanna Vroomans (74), Oudenbosch, Gemeente Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Simon de Lange (58), Assen
• Antonius Wilhelmus BOLLEN (75), Helmond
• Augustinus Ludovicus LAUWERS (71), Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1954 » Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland († 2011)
• 1955 » Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 » Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist
• 1956 » Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 » Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist
• 1957 » Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author
• 1957 » Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
• 1957 » Dicky Thompson, American golfer
• 1957 » Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 » Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina

• 1943 » Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 1951 » Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
• 1965 » David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)

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.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.

The temperature on June 13, 1956 was between 7.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.