About the day » Monday July 23, 1956Calender converter

• Kathryn Lynn Burger, Springfield,Greene,Missouri († 1976)
• Sylvia Doorn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Jane Louise Rolwing, Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Marcel Klaverweide († 2021)
• Hendrika Minnis
• Willem Suk († 2000)
• Jacqueline Wiedenhoff, Zeist († 1999)
• Petrus Lambertus Maria Buitenhuis, Vught {NB} († 2011)
• Hans Gerhardus Bartman, Amsterdam († 1956)
• Adrianus Maria van Rosmalen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Catharina Margaretha Johanna Andersson (68), Rotterdam
• Arendje Nonkes (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Weggemans (72), Emmen
• Arend Luijt (89), Zwaag
• Andrea Comotto (67)
• Catharina Maria de Jong (79), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Emke (60), Haarlem
• Cornelia de Vos (85), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Arnoldus Cornelius Janssen (58), ,, Loosduinen, Nederland
• Catharina Gijsberdina Johanna Arens (55)

• 1952 » Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer and coach († 2008)
• 1953 » Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach
• 1953 » Najib Razak, Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1957 » Jo Brand, English comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Nikos Galis, American basketball player
• 1957 » Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear.
• 1957 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1958 » Ken Green, American golfer
• 1958 » Tomy Winata, Indonesian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation
• 1959 » Nancy Savoca, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1942 » Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1948 » D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1951 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 1951 » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

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. Yvonne
11. Hendrika
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 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
• October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
• October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

The temperature on July 23, 1956 was between 12.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.