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• Monnie Iedema († 2017)
• Christina Roos, Amersfoort († 2014)
• NN Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1956)
• Bert van Pijkeren, NO Polder († 2013)
• Ezina MEULENBELT, Rotterdam († 1956)
• André D'Hont, Leuven,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 2020)
• Grata Docter
• christina (tinie) roos, amersfoort († 2014)
• Paulus van Zessen († 2012)
• Boukje Bezembinder († 1997)

• Arie van der Windt (48), Schipluiden (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Windt (48), Schipluiden
• Cornelis Johannes van Helvert (35), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• A. M. Elisabeth Brône (81), Horpmaal, België
• Anna Andries Tijsma (60), Ijlst,Sudwest-Fryslan,Fryslan,Nederland
• Christian Taylor (90), 43 Broadsea, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Anje Steenhuis (75), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Christiaan Herman Maria Swagemakers (88), Tilburg Nederland
• Berend Vosselman (91), Diepenveen (gem. Deventer)
• Abraham Drop (81), 's Gravenhage

• 1955 » Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress
• 1955 » Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
• 1955 » Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1955 » Peter Gallagher, American actor
• 1956 » Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist
• 1957 » Gary Chapman, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire
• 1957 » Martin Donovan, American actor and director
• 1957 » Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer

• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1954 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)

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.
• April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
• June 23 » The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
• 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.
• 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 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.

The temperature on August 19, 1956 was between 13.0 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.