What day of the week was November 1, 1956?

The day of the week November 1st, 1956 fell on was a Thursday.

There were 54 days until Christmas.

The Indian states Kerala the Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. In India the Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu state from Kerala. The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill the Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.