Ngo Dinh Diem Begins U.S. State Visit, South Vietnam Sponsor May 8, 1957
Date: May 8, 1957
Date: May 8, 1957
The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami. Date: March 9, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Olympic Airways…
Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British. Date: March 6, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Apalachin Meeting Mafia Raid, New York, November 14, 1957Mackinac Bridge Opens, Connecting Michigan…
Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government. Date: February 18, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Thailand Lèse Majesté Strengthened as National Security Crime January 1, 1957S&P 500 Index…
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later. This would remain the longest speech ever conducted by a single Senator until Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, beginning on…
The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee. Date: November 14, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia. Date: September 2, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Tunisian King Muhammad VIII…