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• Veronica Barendregt († 2006)
• Ientje Pops, Den Oever (gem Wieringen) († 2011)
• Jacob Buijs, Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Karen Diane Cornell, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Carla Bernadina Bretveld, Balikpapan (Indonesie) († 2016)
• Lieve Doucet, Sint-Truiden, België († 2004)
• Mardel Joe 'Mardy' Lambertson, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Petrus Jacobus Meesters, Steenbergen († 2021)
• Mireille Frankie HOOGE, Dendermonde,9200,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1956)
• Marjorie Helen Fraker, Napoeon, Henry, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2001)

• Antonetta van der Steen (77), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Jacob Mier (62)
• Antonius Theodorus Kieboom (80), Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• August Herman Knippenberg (78), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Wilhelmus Johannes Loderus (66), Zutphen, GE (NLD)
• Alexia Marie Dewulf (61), Geluwe,8940,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aartjen Dijkhuizen (79), Olst
• Antonetta van der Steen (77), Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Heenk (87), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bunn (81), Rio dos Bugres, Ituporanga, SC, Brasil

• 1954 » Bill Irwin, American wrestler
• 1954 » Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
• 1955 » Charles Martinet, American actor
• 1955 » Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri
• 1955 » Scott Simpson, American golfer
• 1956 » Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1956 » Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1956 » Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 » David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
• 1957 » Steve Bryles, American businessman and politician († 2012)

• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (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 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
• November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• 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.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on September 17, 1956 was between 5.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.