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• JAMES JOSEPH ROWE, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States († 2010)
• Wilhelmus Adrianus van NIEL († 1956)
• Donald Glenn Foxx, Jasper, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Mark Allen Wilson († 1999)
• Johanna Maria Wittenberns, Alkmaar († 2023)
• N.N. Heitmeijer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Hendrina Petronella de Mol, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Riet Beckers, Valkenburg Limburg († 1997)
• Evert Guijt guit († 2021)
• Edward "Eddie" Jerome Goldberg, Illnois, Verenigde Staten († 1986)

• Arendje Doek (58), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hoekstra (82), Leeuwarden
• Alijda Elisabeth Baas (73), Hilversum
• Ardina Waarts (58), Rotterdam
• Christina Hendrika Godefroij (66), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Thijszn. Hoekstra (82), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Hajee (77), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berentje Grunefeld (70), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Arendje Doek (58), Emmen
• Amanda Mae York (79), Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America

• 1954 » Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 » Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian physicist and mathematician
• 1954 » Lonette McKee, American actress and singer
• 1954 » Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician († 2016)
• 1955 » Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group († 2013)
• 1955 » Willem Dafoe, American actor
• 1956 » Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer
• 1956 » Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Dave Stieb, American baseball player
• 1958 » Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach

• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1974 » Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)

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.
• March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
• May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• 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).
• November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.

The temperature on July 22, 1956 was between 12.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.