About the day » Sunday March 11, 1956Calender converter

• Theodorus Johannes Josephus Rovers, Wanroij, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Coenraad L. (Coen) Slotemaker, Beverwijk, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Michael L Nobbe, Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Nn Noordijk, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Chris Kreuk († 2017)
• Elizabeth GARNER, Auckland, New Zealand († 1956)
• Elly Cruijssen, Goirle (Tilburg) († 2020)
• Christoffel (Chris) KREUK († 2017)
• Frederik Nijborg, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Stephen Paul CRAM, Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten († 2014)

• AUGUSTINUS WILS (49), Aartselaar
• Antonius Theodorus Franciscus Verzantvoort (79), 's Hertogenbosch
• Albert Kiers (85), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adrianus Jacobus Leget (92), Leiden
• Antonius Nicolaas Johannes Timmermans (53), Roosendaal
• Assien(a) Drent (84), Scheemda (gem. Oldambt)
• Albert (73), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Maria Agnes Handgraaf (74), Haarlem
• A J Wells (17), Los Angeles, California
• Albert Bekman (12)

• 1954 » David Newman, American composer and conductor
• 1954 » Gale Norton, American lawyer and politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1955 » D. J. MacHale, American author, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer
• 1955 » Nina Hagen, German singer and actress
• 1956 » Curtis Brown, American colonel, pilot and astronaut
• 1956 » Helen Rollason, English journalist and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1956 » Willie Banks, American triple jumper
• 1957 » The Lady Chablis, American drag queen performer († 2016)
• 1958 » Ian Horrocks, English computer scientist and academic

• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
• 1960 » Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)

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 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
• 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.
• October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
• November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
• November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
• 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 March 11, 1956 was between -2.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.