November 1: The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens in the US to connect Michigan's two peninsulas. - The westbound tube AKA the first tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel linking to Norfolk, Virginia and Hampton, Virginia opens at a cost of $44 million dollars.

November 3: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to orbit the Earth (a dog named Laika) on board.

November 7: Cold War: In the United States, the Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

November 8: Film Jailhouse Rock opens across the U.S. to reach #3, and Elvis Presley continues to gain more notoriety.

November 13: Gordon Gould invents the laser. - Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to flooding also in Venice.

November 14: Apalachin Meeting: American Mafia leaders meet in Apalachin, New York at the house of Joseph Barbara; the meeting is broken up by a curious patrolman.

November 15: A plane crash in the Isle of Wight leaves 43 dead. - Yugoslavia announces the end of an economic boycott of Franco's Spain (although it does not reinstitute diplomatic relations).

November 16: Serial killer Edward Gein murders his last victim, Bernice Worden of Plainfield, Wisconsin, US. - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower has a stroke - Adnan Menderes of DP forms the new government of Turkey (23rd government,last government formed by DP and Adnan Menderes)

November 30: Indonesian president Sukarno survives a grenade attack at the Cikini School in Jakarta, but six children are killed. (source: Wikipedia)