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• Gertrude Vlaskamp († 1956)
• Maria Evelyn Moran († 2013)
• Agterbosch, Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1956)
• Cornelis Johannes Hendrikus Bouwmeester, Nieuwe-Wetering († 1997)
• Thomas Allen YATES († 1992)
• levenloos geboren zoontje († 1956)
• Urbain Van Pachterbeke, Lokeren, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2009)
• Cornelis Sprong, Amsterdam († 1962)
• José Omar de Amorim Cedran, Valinhos, São Paulo, Brasil († 2012)
• Cornelis Johannes Hendrikus Bouwmeester, Nieuwe-Wetering, Nederland († 1997)

• Agnes Johanna Antonia Maria Akkerman (66), Hoorn
• Anton Klunder (71), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Post (87), Zwolle
• Arend Regterschot (74), Deventer
• Alphonse Adam Wambach (68), Sabin, Clay, Minnesota, United States
• Cornelia Elisabeth Tap (65), Delft
• Catharina Post (87), Zwolle
• Aaltje Lok * (81), Oldemarkt
• Agatha Petronella Schackmann (62), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Nap (62), Groningen

• 1954 » Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany
• 1954 » Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu († 2015)
• 1954 » J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1955 » Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
• 1955 » Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1956 » Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Julie Bishop, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1957 » Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter († 2015)
• 1957 » Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
• 1958 » Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)

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 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
• 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 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 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
• October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.

The temperature on July 17, 1956 was between 12.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.