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• Jan HAKVOORT, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Annie Ohms, Oostburg († 1956)
• Buik, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Harm Bakhuis, Vriezenveen († 2004)
• Jessica Maria Deighton, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• N.N. van Opstal, Breda († 1956)
• Ria Sterenberg, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Lisa Mc Clellan, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1975)
• Antonius van Kempen, Julianadorp († 2012)
• Andre Charles Louis Philippe Fruitman, Amsterdam († 2023)

• Terry John Baert (0), Chatham Ontario (Canada)
• Antonetta Maria van de Veerdonk (65)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Bakker (75), Zeist
• Angelina Groenewold (73), Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota
• Anna Jacobsdr Bakker (67), Urk
• Antonia van Ewijk (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth LAYNE (78), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Cornelia de Lijster (81), Rotterdam
• Albertus Fran√ßois Stroink (80), Haren
• Anna van Ree (81), Amersfoort, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1954 » Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer
• 1955 » Gedde Watanabe, American actor
• 1955 » Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic
• 1956 » Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1956 » Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician
• 1957 » Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1957 » Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1957 » Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec
• 1959 » Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter

• 1947 » R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 1956 » Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)
• 1957 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1958 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)

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.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
• October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on June 26, 1956 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.