About the day » Saturday August 25, 1956Calender converter

• Lawrence Dale Visser
• Arnolda Margaretha Olde Damink, Vlaardingen († 2021)
• Michelle Rosalie Mccormick, San Francisco-CA-USA († 2007)
• Christientje Sprangers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Albertus Kneken († 2003)
• Ria Schoolkate, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 2000)
• Elisabeth Louise Oosterman, Maramba, Estate, Tanga (Tanganyka) († 2007)
• Charles Henry Nicholas HARDINGE († 2004)
• Ria Schoolkate, Hengelo († 2000)
• Alida Daniela Maria Alphonsa (Lydia) Grootaers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltje Lakeman (73), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerhadus Rodijk (72), Deventer, Netherlands
• Aaldrik Klein (81), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Sara Lijsbts de Mooij (77), Katwijk
• August de Keersmaeker (54), Beveren-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Catharina Maria Donckers (93), Merksplas, België
• Anna Sara de Mooij (77), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maaike van de Steenoven (59), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus de Bruijn (4), Schalkwijk
• Bartholomeus Van den Broeck (70), Uccle

• 1954 » Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
• 1955 » Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
• 1955 » John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist († 2004)
• 1956 » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver († 1986)
• 1956 » Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer (Stock Aitken Waterman)
• 1956 » Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 1957 » Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 » Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Simon McBurney, English actor and director

• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)

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 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 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• 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.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
• December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

The temperature on August 25, 1956 was between 10.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 37.8 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.