About the day » Saturday August 11, 1956Calender converter

• Ton Pelkmans
• Peter Adrianus Wilhelmus Kok, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Luc Grymonprez, Roeselare,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2011)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Pelkmans, Gilze en Rijen
• NN Lingbeek († 1956)
• Marinus Boelen († 1976)
• Sonia Louncke, Kortrijk († 1998)
• Landa Wieringa († 2014)
• Pieter van den Berg-, Haarlem, Nederland († 2018)
• NN Bandell, Ermelo († 1956)

• Alida Lamberta Gesiena Offerhaus (90), Groningen
• Catharina Maria van Rijst (54), Rotterdam
• Arendje Buijs (58), 's Gravenhage
• Adriana Maria van Leeuwen (89), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus Roijers (59)
• Albert Wilhelm Trimper (77), Northfield, South Australia
• Adriana Schoenmaker (80), Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas Wilhelm HUISKENS (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida lamberta Gesina OFFERHAUS (90), Groningen, 2116, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Haaring (81), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland

• 1954 » Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
• 1954 » Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1954 » Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach († 2012)
• 1954 » Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
• 1955 » Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
• 1955 » Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
• 1956 » Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
• 1957 » Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1958 » Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player

• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

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. Jacob
16. Jacobus

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. Linda

• 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 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
• October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
• October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
• October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

The temperature on August 11, 1956 was between 12.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.