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• Kind Commandeur, Limmen († 1956)
• Sedat Soyhan Timel, Trabzon, Turkey
• Antonius Ton Cobussen, Winssen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• N.N. Schouten, Haarlem
• Kyle Kittrell [K ||| KittrellMSBu] "Kit', Greene County, Mississippi op († 1958)
• Alexander Yastreb, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia († 2013)
• Joost de Brouwer, Tilburg († 1993)
• Klaas Klaassens, Laaghalen, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Timothy Craig Todd ****, Wharton, Wharton, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Joost de Brouwer, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)

• Alberdina Ramaker (39), Coevorden
• Anna Margaretha De Hooge (48)
• Albert Bakker (82), Rhoon (Rotterdam)
• Anna Ida BECKS (84), Dulken (D)
• Akke Jarigs Huitema (72), Sneek
• Benedix Haagsma (66), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Hooge (48), Rotterdam
• Arend Oppenhuis (84), Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, US
• Adrianus Johannes Hermanus Bon (73)
• Adriana van 't Hag (86), Amsterdam

• 1954 » Adrian Adonis, American wrestler († 1988)
• 1954 » Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist († 2007)
• 1955 » Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence
• 1955 » Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer († 2019)
• 1955 » Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
• 1955 » Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
• 1956 » Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1956 » Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator
• 1958 » Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)

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.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
• October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.

The temperature on September 15, 1956 was between 9.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.