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• Ellen Bouman († 2013)
• Eisse Tuinstra, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Sandra Lea vanHunnik, Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, 56716, VS († 1958)
• Carla Leontew, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1956)
• Arie Pennings († 2005)
• Patrice (Patty) Werthner, New York City
• Johanna Maria Langeslag († 1977)
• Mark Allen Vaughn, Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Karl HEYING († 1956)
• N.N. Mulder, Groningen († 1956)

• Bertha Olivia Eccles (69), Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Bruggeman (87), Lochem, Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna, Maria VAN DEN BOSCH (45), Raamsdonksveer
• Carolus Henricus Cornelis Meijers (64), Nijmegen
• Anton Carl Rudolf von Schorlemer (65), Willebadessen
• Carolus Cornelis Henricus Meijers (64), Nijmegen
• Adriana Saak (40), Groningen
• Annie Klappe (5)
• Anna Hermanna Maria Philipse (81), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bas Roemen (83), Leeuwen

• 1954 » Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland
• 1954 » Emma Dent Coad, British politician
• 1954 » Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer
• 1954 » Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Joe Leeway, English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
• 1956 » Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer
• 1957 » Gerry Connolly, Australian comedian and actor
• 1957 » Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
• 1957 » Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer
• 1957 » Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager

• 1949 » Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
• 1949 » Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1951 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Emma Richter, German paleontologist (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1959 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
• 1961 » Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1961 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (b. 1883)

• 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 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
• 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.

The temperature on November 15, 1956 was between 2.4 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.