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• Mary Ann Kastning, Arlington Heights († 1956)
• Carolyn Sue Grady, Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Denise DECLERCQ, Ploegsteert,7782,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 2000)
• Enio Jose Klafki, Estrela, RS († 1956)
• Jennigje Schuldink († 1996)
• Wilhelmus Antonius Sep, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland (Nederland) († 1959)
• Joan Marie Sala, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana (VS) († 1992)
• Carol Elaine O’Connor ****, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Maarten van der Zwan, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Kathy Gale Queen, North Carolina († 2005)

• B(Dina) Withag (72), Saasveld (Weerselo)
• Bernardus Jacobus Driessen (58), Den Haag
• Ada Virginia Pattillo Eaves [Os81] (99)
• Albertine Elzes ter Borg (78), Veenhuizen (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Anna maria Josephina Curfs (71), Bingelrade, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonius Jan Petrus van Bockel (68), Amsterdam
• Albertus (Bertus) Damhuis (77), Leeuwarden
• Alixe Marie EMAER (81), Wervik
• Abraham Lodewijk Schuurman (71), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Arends (68), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1952 » Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
• 1952 » Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
• 1956 » Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1957 » Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
• 1957 » Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th Swedish Minister for the Environment
• 1958 » Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician
• 1958 » Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
• 1959 » Pauline Quirke, English actress

• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893)

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 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.

The temperature on July 8, 1956 was between 15.7 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.