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• Girard Joseph Nealon, Richmond Heights, St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Rob Lorwa († 2004)
• Cathy Marie Jett, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Sheryl Ann Plueger, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 1956)
• Leny Goyen, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1984)
• John Leslie JOPPIE, Charlotte,Eaton County,MICH,UNITED STATES († 2016)
• Michaël Gabriël Rafaël Maria van der Ploeg, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Cornelis J.J. (Crelis) Kwakman († 2022)
• Cornelia Hoon, de († 1965)
• Jenni Lee CANNON, Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States of America († 1994)

• Baukje (Anne) Buitenga (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Klok (64), Den Helder
• Adriaantje Kalfsvel (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berber Bosma (79), Beverwijk
• Antonetta Elisabeth Kluijtmans (74), Mierlo
• Arméline Vigneau (77), Havre Aubert, Quebec
• Allegonda van de Pol (79), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Clifton Martin Eisele (63), Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan de Baat (77), Sliedrecht
• Arie van Wijngaarden (79), Dordrecht

• 1954 » Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach († 2007)
• 1954 » Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician († 1996)
• 1954 » Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
• 1954 » Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
• 1954 » Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
• 1955 » Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Paul Butler, English bishop
• 1956 » Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
• 1958 » John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager

• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 » Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 » Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1961 » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)

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.
• July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
• August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
• December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

The temperature on September 18, 1956 was between 10.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.