What day of the week was November 1, 2008?

The day of the week November 1st, 2008 fell on was a Saturday.

There were 54 days until Christmas.

Nathaniel Mayer the American singer (b. 1944) died on this day in 2008. As did Jacques Piccard the Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922) , Shakir Stewart the American record producer (b. 1974) , Yma Sumac the Peruvian soprano (b. 1922) .