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• Theodora Anna Petronella Maria Koster, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1995)
• Wayne Burton Jones, London, Ontario, Canada († 2012)
• Kathleen Margaret Agnelli (Raska), Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey († 2016)
• Henk Dieters, Den Haag
• Johanna Margaretha (Ans) Weel, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Glenn Summers, Hamilton,Ontario,Canada († 2002)
• Nicolaas Johannes Pieter KAPTIJN, Utrecht († 2022)
• Rosalinde Wilssens, Beveren/Waas († 1983)
• Wilhelmus Johannes Steenvoorden, Den Helder († 2014)
• Philippe Juteau, Ebblinghem-Nord(F)

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• Anthonius Bernardus Josephes Bonke (77), Utrecht, Nederland
• Belia den Heijer (69), Scheveningen
• Anna Elisabeth Specken (67), Schoonebeek
• Adrianus Pikaar (57), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Chester A Miller (73), Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth - Anna Elizabeth Specken (67), Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Specken- (67), Emmen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Reep (58), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Stevens (78), Veelerveen, Groningen, The Netherlands

• 1953 » Alan Moore, English author and illustrator
• 1953 » Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist († 2013)
• 1953 » Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
• 1956 » Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software († 2014)
• 1956 » Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter († 1995)
• 1956 » Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer
• 1958 » Daniel Brailovsky, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager

• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)

• 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.
• May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• 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 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
• August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.

The temperature on November 18, 1956 was between 0.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.