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• Bruno Eeckhout, Aire-sur-la-lys († 2008)
• Jaqueline van Rijswijk († 1982)
• Ronald Pieter Ott, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 2003)
• Shela Colette Anne Donker, Kampala (Uganda) († 1957)
• N.n De Nobel, Leiden
• N.N. Basjes, hoorn († 1956)
• David Lee Alwood, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH († 2009)
• Ria Jonkman († 2002)
• Anthonia van Assen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Charles Howard Glas, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1956)

• Charlotte Elisabeth Varkevisser (79), Den Haag
• Adrianus van Galen (89), Eindhoven
• Arjen Auke Schoustra (90)
• Charlotte Elisabeth Varkevisser (79), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Meulenbrugge (74), Apeldoorn
• Andreas BITTREMIEUX (70), Nieuwpoort,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgi
• Adolf Schavemaker (86), Arnhem
• Antonia Horsten (79), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina van Kerkvoort (79), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Alfred Dorr Sullivan (78), Parma, Canyon, Idaho, United States

• 1952 » Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist
• 1952 » Lorna Luft, American actress and singer
• 1952 » Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician
• 1953 » Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author
• 1954 » Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet
• 1955 » Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1955 » Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer
• 1955 » Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Cherry Jones, American actress
• 1959 » Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager

• 1947 » William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (b. 1905)

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.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
• October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• November 3 » Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on November 21, 1956 was between -4.4 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.