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• Jacqy Dubois, Antwerpen (B), België († 1987)
• Marianne Theresia de Jager († 1995)
• Karl-Heinz Czudzewitz, Bochum († 2007)
• Johannes Frederik van de Pol, Winterswijk
• Carel Schreirlynck, Kortrijk, België († 1984)
• Anthony Kelvin Rozeboom, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)
• William Allen Dykstra, Chicago
• Eduard Jacques Arthur Maria Cammaert, Bornem († 2000)
• Steven Leroy Harris, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa († 2018)
• Ingrid Keuben, Doetinchem, Doetinchem, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2004)

• Bokje Gerbens Piekema (85), Beverwijk
• Belia Vervat (20)
• Ciriel Franciscus Hinneman (51), Groningen Nederland
• (Marie Aline) Henriette VUATRIN (77), Paris (16e), Paris (75), Ile De France, FRANCE
• Anna Elisabeth Philippaerts (84), Kortessem, België
• Andries Erkelens (83), Helenaveen
• Aaltien Soer (86), Leiden
• Bhe Kim Nio (70), Pemalang regencij Central java, Indonesia
• Bokje Gerbens Piekema (85), Beverwijk
• Alice M van Gerpen (80)

• 1955 » Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1956 » David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter
• 1956 » Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
• 1956 » Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
• 1956 » Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1956 » Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1957 » Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
• 1957 » María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
• 1957 » Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
• 1957 » Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1941 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
• 1955 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1967 » Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)

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 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• 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 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
• November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

The temperature on June 29, 1956 was between 8.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.