About the day » Tuesday December 11, 1956Calender converter

• Christa DEMEESTER, Roeselare († 2018)
• Rudolf Gorkum (Strobbe), Eindhoven († 2014)
• Constance Mariette Suyderhoud, Ginneken, Breda
• Pieter John Bruin, Tokoroa (Nieuw Zeeland) († 1979)
• Liesbeth Merjenberg, Zwolle († 2001)
• Simone Godefrida Maria Romeijnders, Maasbracht, Limburg, Nederland († 2019)
• Pieter John Bruin, Tokoroa (Nieuw Zeeland) († 1979)
• Mieke Deckers († 1956)
• Paul Van Neste, Valence d' Agen Kanton Valence Arrondissement Castelsarrasin Departement Tarn-et-Garonne Regio Midi-Pyrenees F-82 France († 1976)
• N.N. van Duijn, Leiden († 1956)

• Adrianus Berend van Rijnsbergen (54), Schiedam
• Antonius Franciscus Maria van Amelsvoort (57), Tilburg
• Anna Hermina van Rijn (60), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna de Dood (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Mocking (59), IJsselstein
• Casper Willem Marie van Eijck (66), Rotterdam
• cornelia boon (82)
• Abraham Chud (62), Cook, Illinois, United States
• Antje Reitsema (81), Almelo
• Adriana Helena van Soelen (69), Buren, Gemeente Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1954 » Brad Bryant, American golfer
• 1954 » Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior
• 1954 » Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer († 1999)
• 1955 » Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager
• 1955 » Gene Grossman, American economist and academic
• 1955 » Ray Kelvin, British fashion designer
• 1955 » Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 1956 » Lani Brockman, American actress and director
• 1957 » Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator

• 1945 » Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)
• 1964 » Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)

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. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
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.
• April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• 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.
• September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
• 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 December 11, 1956 was between 6.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.