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• Joyce Ann Westmaas, Ada Kent Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Nicolaas Antony Klomp († 2008)
• Phyllis Marie McEwen, Mendenhall, Simpson County, Mississippi, United States of America († 2021)
• van der Velden, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Patti Gail Radcliff, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado († 2019)
• Beerta, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Stephanus Johannes Gerardus Kroeze, Hengelo († 1978)
• Jo Ann Harper, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Edna Stephenson Winnard <K Pq>3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana († 2001)
• Cathy Marie Fokkens, Chicago (Cook County) (Illinois) († 1956)

• Adrianus Boon (86), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
• Aaltje de Weerdt (86), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arie Andries Dubel (57), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alida de Bie (80), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolph Noppen (68), Renkum
• Antoon Louis Arnouts (35), Leuven (St. Raphaelkliniek)
• Antoon Louis Arnouts (35), Leuven (St. Raphaelkliniek)
• Adolf Noppen (68), Rotterdam
• Antonia Wilhelmina Johanna van Es (86), Hilversum
• Beerta (0), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland

• 1953 » Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
• 1953 » Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
• 1954 » Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
• 1954 » Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 » Big Bank Hank, American rapper († 2014)
• 1957 » Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
• 1957 » Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1957 » Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach
• 1958 » Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver

• 1952 » Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
• 1953 » Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Roberta Fulbright, American businesswoman (b.1874)
• 1954 » Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1958 » Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)

• 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.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
• November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
• 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.

The temperature on January 11, 1956 was between 1.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.