About the day » Tuesday August 14, 1956Calender converter

• Kevin Hugh Stowell, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Bernard Antonius van Os, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Edwin Duffy Smolt († 1978)
• Dean Frederick Satteson, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• cornelia dingena van der SCHOOR († 1972)
• Michael Tarcisius Maria (Michel) STURKENBOOM, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2000)
• Lydia Vanbergen, Hasselt, België († 1989)
• Daniel de Jong († 1977)
• Marie-Rose Dorme, Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2001)
• Anna Hendrika Krauweel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alcindo Guanabara de Arruda Miranda (54), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje Bouland, Groningen
• Arend Niewold (70), Lula gem. Hoogezand
• Betsie van Ark (68), Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA
• Arnoldina Laurina de Pagter (70), Haarlem
• Aukje van der Zee (77), Lomita-California (USA)
• Boukien Visscher (87), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Zelissen (89), Sittard
• Betsy Cato Willemsd Soutberg (74), Hilversum, nh.nld
• Catharina Maria Johanna Josepha Sevink (78), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1954 » Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1954 » Stanley A. McChrystal, American general
• 1956 » Andy King, English footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1956 » Erica Flapan, American mathematician
• 1956 » Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality
• 1956 » Rusty Wallace, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1956 » Sharon Bryant, American R&B singer
• 1957 » Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Treasurer of Australia
• 1958 » Bobby Eaton, American wrestler and trainer
• 1958 » Philip Dunne, English farmer and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology

• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)
• 1963 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)

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.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• 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.
• October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.

The temperature on August 14, 1956 was between 10.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.