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2 November 1956 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 1956 was a Friday.
- Top Film of 1956
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.
- Bestselling Novel of 1956
- “Don't Go Near the Water” by William Brinkley was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1956.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “I Love Lucy” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1956–57 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 1956 was New Moon.
On this day: 2 November
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
- 1956 Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
- 1959 Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
- 1959 The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
- 1960 Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
Famous people born on November 2
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)
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Events of 1956 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1956 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 24 – Doris Day records her most famous song, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"; it is from Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, in which Day co-stars with James Stewart.
- March 15 – The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City.
- April 2 – The first episodes of As the World Turns and The Edge of Night are broadcast on CBS television.
Life in the US in 1956
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gas (per gallon)
$0.30
Loaf of Bread
$0.18
Average House
$10,000
Weekly Wage
$73
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