About the day » Friday May 11, 1956Calender converter

• Rik Bloem, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Hendrika Helena Maria Vos († 1956)
• Vinciane Simone Pierre Marie Ghislaine BIBOT, Bujumbura (Ruanda-Burundi) († 2011)
• Jacob de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Johanna Geertruida Nekkers, Winterswijk († 1980)
• Ester Ingeborg Waleson, Alkmaar, Nederland († 1956)
• Ester Ingeborg Waleson, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Helena Sophia Theodora (Leny) Bouwmeester, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Jutta Welkenbach, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
• Carlo FASTRE, Hasselt, 3500, Limburg, België († 1984)

• Arend LOK (70), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Carola Margarethe Charlotte Hillebrandt (58), Hambourg, Allemagne
• Anna Maria Catharina Dubislav (84), Maastricht
• Adriaan van Duijn (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Philippine" Isabelle Victorine Hubertine Marie Ghislaine de Loë (57), Rittergut Helmern, Willebadessen, Allemagne
• Anna Maria Dankaart (64), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke van Valburg (88), Rotterdam
• Arend Klaas Lok (70), Drachten
• Aagje van Croonenborgh (84), rotterdam
• Adriana de Groot (87), Hoogblokland

• 1948 » Jack Cantoni, French rugby player († 2013)
• 1948 » Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
• 1950 » Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
• 1950 » Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor († 2014)
• 1951 » Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player
• 1964 » Bobby Witt, American baseball player

• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)

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. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Petronella
9. Adriana
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 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
• 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 May 11, 1956 was between 6.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.