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• Berkelaar, Wilnis, Nederland († 1956)
• Constance Jean Graham Schuyler, Abington, PA († 1992)
• Martha Elizabeth Wolf († 1989)
• Fred Siegfried Wijnschenk, Amstedam († 1957)
• Marjanne Servais
• Hendrik Rutger (Henk) Slot, Enschede († 2003)
• Harlan van der Plaats († 1979)
• Petra Schulte, Roermond († 2008)
• Martien de Reuver († 2009)
• Frits Doornekamp, Hoogland († 1972)

• Anna M. Groen (82), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Poppe (74), Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL
• Antonius Cornelis Christianus van den Heuvel (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Poppe (74), Oostkapelle
• Albertje Doekes van der Zon (80), Lioessens, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Carolina Sophia Hansing (88), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Groen (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Reizevoort (72), Leiden
• Arend Willem Mauritz Odé (75), Schiedam (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bijker (41), Gronau Nord-Rhein Westfalen Deutschland

• 1955 » Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach
• 1955 » Ron Brewer, American basketball player
• 1956 » Dave Schulthise, American bass player († 2004)
• 1956 » David Copperfield, American magician and actor
• 1956 » Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler († 1987)
• 1956 » Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
• 1956 » Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer († 2017)
• 1957 » Clara Furse, English businesswoman
• 1957 » DC Drake, American wrestler
• 1957 » Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician

• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
• 1946 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)

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.
• October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The temperature on September 16, 1956 was between 6.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.