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• Trijntje Drenthen, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Hendrik Willem Hofsteenge († 1967)
• Eddy Gerard Cornelius Swaenepoel († 2017)
• Johannes Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria Brabers, Tilburg, Nederland († 1963)
• John Jacob Verhage, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Will van Rootselaar († 1993)
• Eddy Gerard Cornelius Swaenepoel, Roeselare († 2017)
• Johannes Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria Brabers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Rhonda Sue Vance, Iowa († 2002)
• Carolus Jacob Huisman, Katwijk († 2010)

• Cornelis Johannes van Mosseveld (79), Dongen
• Agnes M van de Walle (31), Hulst
• Arij van Tielen (76), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• David ROULSTON (81), Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
• Agnes M van de Walle (31), Hulst
• Dirkje Catharina Kroon (73), Kamloops, Brits-Columbia, Canada
• Berend Hendrik VAN ROIJEN (53), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Rinsma (78), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus van Abeelen (86), Boxtel
• Berend Hendrik van ROIJEN (53), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1954 » Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist
• 1954 » Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer
• 1954 » John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist
• 1954 » Patrick O'Hearn, American bassist and composer
• 1955 » Raymond Benson, American author and playwright
• 1956 » Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
• 1956 » Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic
• 1957 » Ali Divandari, Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist
• 1957 » José Sócrates, Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1957 » Michaëlle Jean, Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Governor-General of Canada

• 1949 » Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
• 1950 » Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1951 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
• 1959 » Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
• 1962 » Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)

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. Yvonne
11. Hendrika
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.
• January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
• April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• 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.

The temperature on September 6, 1956 was between 13.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.