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• Johanna Catharina van Blokland, Diemen († 2005)
• Dievertje Froukje Mandema, Nieuwe-Pekela Groningen Nederland († 1961)
• Cynthia Lou Knorps, Melrose Park, Illinois († 1993)
• Jannie (Jans) ter Horst, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Catherine (tweeling) Clarysse, Ieper BE († 2010)
• Josephus Mauritius Guise, Deventer († 1956)
• N.N. Hiemstra, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)
• (Levenloos) van Drielen, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Thomas STIENSTRA, Beverwijk Noord-Holland Netherlands († 2012)
• Guurtje Trijntje Biersteker, Alkmaar, Nederland († 2016)

• Aalt Pijpers (67)
• Aaltje Bosch (67), Appelscha
• Cornelis Molenaar (44), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Waardenburg (60), rotterdam
• Anna Willemina Hartwijk (83), Winterswijk (Gd)
• Berend Mulderij (85), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Hendriksdr Hoogvorst (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina van der Haar (81), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Vierhoven (73), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Molenaar (84), Hoorn, Nederland

• 1954 » Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1955 » Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1955 » Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff
• 1956 » Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1956 » Eddie Murray, American football player
• 1956 » Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
• 1956 » Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer
• 1957 » Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer († 2001)
• 1957 » Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster
• 1958 » Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)

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. 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.
• 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.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• 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 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• 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 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

The temperature on August 29, 1956 was between 7.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.