What day of the week was October 31, 1926?

The day of the week October 31st, 1926 fell on was a Sunday.

There were 55 days until Christmas.

Jimmy Savile the English radio and television host (d. 2011) was born on 31 October in 1926.

Harry Houdini the Hungarian-American magician and stuntman (b. 1874) died on this day in 1926. As did Philip Schuster the American gymnast (b. 1883) .

Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his appendix ruptures.