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• Maria Eleonore Dénise Telkamp, Oosterhout († 2007)
• Evert Jan van de Vlekkert, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Hendrikus Kloek, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Jan Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Liliane Schaers, Genk, België († 1995)
• Peter Dirksz Heere, Zwolle († 2015)
• - Kessen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1956)
• Maria Eleonora Dénise Telkamp, Oosterhout († 2007)
• Peter Arnold van der Helm, Nieuwlande († 2020)
• David Neil Goldby († 1989)

• Aimé Lucien BOIS (45), Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Christiaan Wilhelm Kap (58), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Jacoba van Hugte (63), Noordwijk
• Andries Jacobus Hauser (74), Voorburg
• Dirk Pieters van der Meer (84), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jan van de Pol (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Dimphna Uijtdewilligen (57), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Geertruida Klifman (77), Utrecht
• Cornelis Johannes Sluiter (63), 's Gravenhagen
• Albert Hoekman (61), Steenwijkerwold

• 1954 » François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
• 1954 » Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
• 1954 » Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1954 » Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
• 1954 » Sam J. Jones, American actor
• 1956 » Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer
• 1956 » Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer
• 1956 » Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1957 » Amanda Redman, English actress
• 1957 » Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer

• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1967 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)

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. Jacob
16. Jacobus

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 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
• 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 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

The temperature on August 12, 1956 was between 10.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.