About the day » Wednesday July 11, 1956Calender converter

• Jarke H Kruize († 1996)
• Alexander Cornelis Wijnker, 't Veld († 1974)
• Ruben De Hoyos († 1956)
• John B Broers, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa († 2023)
• Victoria Ann Ramirez († 2017)
• Henricus Johannes Wilhelmus Michaël van Aarle, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Joseph Devolder († 1964)
• Johanna Reefhuis, Egede († 2016)
• Reinder Hette Jans Wassenaar († 1998)
• Johanna H.W.M. Zebregts, Gilze (Gilze en Rijen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1978)

• Alma Paulene Witherspoon (46), Humboldt, California, Verenigde Staten
• Armand Van Mele (60)
• Daniel van der Horst (85), Ermelo
• Andries Holstein (66), Assen
• Antoinette van WEEREN (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marius van den Steenhoven (71), Gouda,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Beers (86), Barsingerhorn
• Cornelia Catharina van Eijk (69), Den Haag
• Dirk Beers (86), Barsingerhorn
• Bauke Koops Cuperus (84)

• 1954 » Julia King, English engineer and academic
• 1955 » Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health († 2010)
• 1956 » Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic
• 1956 » Robin Renucci, French actor and director
• 1956 » Sela Ward, American actress
• 1957 » Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician
• 1957 » Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Mark Lester, English actor

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

• 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.
• March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
• June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

The temperature on July 11, 1956 was between 12.6 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.