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• Adrianus Wilhelmus Antonius de Kok, Tilburg († 1989)
• doodgeboren Vellekoop, Delft († 1956)
• Richard Dwight Carmean († 1956)
• Dirk Augustinus HOEKSTRA, Greonterp († 1956)
• John Peter Gormley, Verenigde Statn († 2016)
• Michael Noteboom, South Dakota, VS († 2021)
• Rita Van Hoeck
• Jantje Nijhuis, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• nn Hazendonk, Utrecht († 1956)
• Meedith Leonora Boeldak, Curaçao

• Antonius Josephus Poirters (77), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Schutte (84), Zwollerkerspel, Ov, The Netherlands
• Agnes Peeters
• Anna Magdalena Clor (72), Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Allegonda Bernardina Beunis (57), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje Kabelier (74), Makkum
• Adrianus Bernardus Antonius Maria van Gorp (51), Tilburg
• Anna Jacoba Bijl van der (73), Den Haag, Nederland
• Albert Zomer (61), Corsica (Douglas, South Dakota, USA)
• Anna Jacoba van der Bijl (73), ‘s-Gravenhage Nederland

• 1954 » Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
• 1954 » Aleksandr Averin, Azerbaijani cyclist and coach
• 1954 » David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
• 1954 » Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer
• 1954 » Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
• 1954 » Willie Royster, American baseball player († 2015)
• 1955 » Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician
• 1955 » Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist († 1993)
• 1955 » Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 » Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2001)

• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1970 » John O'Hara, American novelist and short story writer (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. 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.
• January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
• June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.

The temperature on April 11, 1956 was between -0.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.