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• Hansje Priester, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1956)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Anna Maria van der Burght, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Leijtens, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1956)
• Elizabeth Anna Christina van der Post, Zoeterwoude († 2019)
• Hans Ronald Van Dam, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1983)
• Johannes Antonius Adrianus van den Broek, Sta. Rita Do Passa Quatro, Sao Paulo (Brazilië) († 2022)
• Thérèse Du Moulin, Roeselare West Vlaanderen België († 2025)
• Rudolf Johannes Hendrikus Stokman, Alkmaar († 1963)
• doodgeboren kind van den Heuvel, Bleiswijk († 1956)
• N.N. Erven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)

• Adrianus Grund (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Pieter van Driel (79), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Gabriel (Pater) Teurlings (79), Boxtel
• Arie Paap (82), Haarlem
• Alice Matilda Hutton (88), Canada
• ? ? (84)
• Albertus Nicolaas Keyer (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Margaretha Pruijsen (79), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lubbers (71), Haarlem
• Antonia Cornelia van Zon (85), Culemborg

• 1954 » Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1955 » Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic
• 1955 » Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author
• 1955 » Kris Jenner, American talent manager and businesswoman
• 1956 » Jeff Watson, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1956 » John Harwood, American journalist
• 1956 » Lavrentis Machairitsas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Michael Sorridimi, Australian rugby league player
• 1956 » Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter († 1999)
• 1957 » Mike Score, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1950 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (b. 1863)
• 1951 » Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
• 1955 » Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
• 1956 » Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)
• 1960 » Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
• 1960 » Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1960 » Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1960 » Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (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.
• January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
• December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The temperature on November 5, 1956 was between 5.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.