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• Hubertus Henricus Cornelis Maria van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice J. Willemsen, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Patrick ROELANTS, Aalter († 1994)
• Berlinda EECKEMAN, Oostende, 8400, West-Vlaanderen, BELGIË († 1981)
• Kleis van der Pol, Ridderkerk († 1998)
• Bert (Hubertus-Antonius-Maria) Voet, Overasselt/Keent († 2016)
• N.N. Bouterse, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Wieke BEXKENS, Zwolle (NL/OV) († 1962)
• Evert Jan Lammers, Rotterdam († 2015)
• An Weber, Velsen († 2011)

• Anna Gertrud Ambaum (77), Venlo
• Arie van Scheijen (79), Zaandijk
• Albert Duinker (83), Voorburg (ZH, NLD)
• Bernhard Wallace "Bozo" Schepp (26)
• Aaltje Vos (83)
• Arie Van Scheijen (79), Zaandijk
• Cornelis Fontein (73), delft
• Cornelia Stoops (71), Utrecht, Nederland
• Augustinus SEGERS (57), Hulst,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS
• Benjamin H Gruis (52), Meservey, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

• 1955 » Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author
• 1955 » Benoît Ferreux, French actor and director
• 1955 » Gareth Davies, Welsh rugby player and academic
• 1955 » Gwen Ifill, American journalist († 2016)
• 1955 » Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer
• 1956 » Jenny Morris, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician
• 1956 » Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1957 » Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee
• 1957 » Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1937 » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)

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 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
• November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 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 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

The temperature on September 29, 1956 was between 11.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.