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• Doodgeboren kind van Duijnhoven, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Regina Marie Senzig, Morristown M, New Jersey († 2001)
• Jennifer Roberta Linton, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Hendrika Alberta Theuna van Doeland, Moordrecht
• Ton Lensen, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Gerritje Staal, Brummen
• Zoila Maritza Molina de Dios, Ahuachapan, Salvador
• Elisabeth Elbers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• johanna godefrida maria wilhelmina gielen, helden-beringe
• Johanna Maria Hyacinta Ross, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland

• Berendina Johanna Leusink (62), Doetinchem
• Amos Hall Tate (94), Sunderland, Durham, England
• Antonia van Henne (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Wouter Theodorus van Slobbe (74), Breda
• Alma Frederick (78), Cincinnati Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Arnold Aaldert ter Haar (72), Wierden
• Adrianus Cornelis van Opstal (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje ter Maten (68), Apeldoorn Gelderland Nederland
• Albertje Lammerts Cloo (88), Hitzum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annie Henrietta Hulleman (61), Newton, Jasper County, Iowa

• 1953 » Alistair Darling, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1953 » Helen De Michiel, American director and producer
• 1954 » Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic († 2002)
• 1955 » Adem Jashari, Kosovo commander († 1998)
• 1955 » Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster
• 1956 » David Van Day, English singer
• 1956 » Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author
• 1957 » Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar
• 1958 » Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
• 1958 » Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler

• 1945 » Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
• 1953 » Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1908)
• 1960 » Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
• 1962 » K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)

• 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.
• January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• 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.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on November 28, 1956 was between 1.0 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.