Fatto matematico: 1056 is the area of the smallest non-square rectangle that can be tiled with integer-sided squares.
Trivia: 1056 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Data storica: November 21st is the day in 1964 that the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it is the world's longest suspension bridge).