About the day » Monday June 11, 1956Calender converter

• Laurie Jean Skelly, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Hattie Belle Thompson, Sneads Ferry, Onslow County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Henricus Johannes Maria (Henny) ten Bookum, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2018)
• Sylvia Thérèse Gerardina Blanken, Amsterdam, NHO, Nederland († 1996)
• Hendrika Folmer, Bennekom
• Lorie Ann Foppes († 1971)
• Leendert, Jan Zwart, Heiloo († 2009)
• Leendert Jan Zwart, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Geert Krol, Leiden
• Aart van Winkoop, Hattem († 2012)

• Rijk Nicolaas Landzaat (73), breukelen
• Eelze Hoogsteen (83), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Nieuwpoort (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Willemse (78), Waalwijk
• Eelze Hoogsteen (83), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kamstra (76), Sneek
• Amandus Augustinus Wagemans (81), Voortkapel
• Cornil Mooren (90), Horst-Meterik
• Carolina Nusale (37), Bussum
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Helm (70), Nootdorp

• 1953 » Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician
• 1954 » John Dyson, Australian cricketer
• 1954 » Johnny Neel, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1955 » Duncan Steel, English-Australian astronomer and author
• 1955 » Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower
• 1956 » Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic († 2015)
• 1956 » Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American bass player and bandleader
• 1956 » Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster
• 1956 » Simon Plouffe, Canadian mathematician and academic
• 1958 » Barry Adamson, English singer and bass player

• 1937 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1955 » Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
• 1965 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and author (b. 1898)

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.
• May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
• October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
• 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.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on June 11, 1956 was between 11.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.