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• Aria Krijgsman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Hugo Heathcote Carl Stufkens, Christchurch (NZ) († 1982)
• Louisa Margaretha van Faassen († 1958)
• Luanne Gay Stevens, Evergreen Park, IL
• Johanna Petronella Heijstek
• Hendrika Anna Maria Harink, Almelo († 1958)
• Joop Koek († 2000)
• Franciscus Johannes Maria Lesger, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Orville Trevor Watler († 2002)
• Henricus Joannes Antoni van de Hulsbeek, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• arie aartsz WILDEMAN (90), rotterdam
• Augusta Rosalia Tinkelenberg (61), Oudenbosch
• Antoinetta Appeltans (60), Vliermaalroot, België
• Adriaan Anthonij van der Werf (80), Scherpenisse Zeeland Nederland
• Adriaan Anthonij van der Werf (80), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alle Tjidsgers Postma (43), Harkema-Opende
• Adrianus Franciscus van Wijk (82), Breda
• Amélia de Oliveira (81), Brasil
• Antoon van Ingen Schenau (75), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendje Verkerke (85), Netherlands

• 1955 » Clem Burke, American drummer
• 1955 » Ian Botham, English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster
• 1956 » Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor, playwright, and director
• 1957 » Denise Crosby, American actress and producer
• 1957 » Edward Stourton, English journalist and author
• 1958 » Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician
• 1958 » Nick Knight, British photographer
• 1958 » Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1959 » Todd Brooker, Canadian skier and sportscaster
• 1960 » Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer

• 1948 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1959 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
• 1965 » Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895)

• 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
• May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
• June 16 » Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
• August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
• December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)

The temperature on November 24, 1958 was between 2.9 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.