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• Johannes Romkes († 2005)
• Joseph Jr JEHAE († 2001)
• Hotso Lolle Douwe Spanninga, Joure († 1957)
• Krijntje Geijteman, Leiden († 2008)
• Lee R Schmid, Crafton, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Ruby Ann Knoll, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Hotso Lolle Gerbens Spanninga († 1957)
• Marlene H.C.C. Peperkamp († 2016)
• Henricus Isidorus Jacobus Coenen, Stramproy († 1978)
• Chung Hsien Cheng, Zhejiang († 2019)

• B.G(Berendina) Boks (50), Maastricht
• Carolus Joannes Peeters (73), Tilburg
• Elsje Antje Peterse (49), Zeist
• Arnold Holmboe (83)
• Derk Samual Budde (14), Barcombe Mills, Lewes, Sussex, England
• Alida Anna Tebben (85), Nieuwe Pekela
• Berendina Harmina van der Vliet (52), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus van Bijnen (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Maria Huijgevoort (54), Tilburg
• Elisabeth Kooistra (76), Sondel

• 1954 » G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Mark Stanway, English keyboard player
• 1954 » Philippe Alliot, French race car driver and sportscaster
• 1954 » Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist and author
• 1955 » Allan Border, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1955 » Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer
• 1955 » Cat Bauer, American journalist, author, and playwright
• 1955 » John Howell, English journalist and politician
• 1956 » Carol Leifer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Bill Engvall, American comedian, actor, and producer

• 1948 » Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1948 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
• 1951 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (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.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The temperature on July 27, 1956 was between 11.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.