Date: August 5, 1957
A violent F5 tornado wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois. Date: December 18, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Ngo Dinh Diem Begins U.S. State Visit, May 8, 1957Windscale Fire: Britain’s Worst…
The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. Date: July 19, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Pamir Barque Shipwrecks Off Azores During Hurricane Carrie, September 21, 1957Rawya…
Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities. Date: November 17, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on…
Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột. Date: February 22, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957USAF Aircraft Disappears Over Pacific Ocean, March 22, 1957Boeing…
The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. Date: January 3, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Dedan Kimathi Executed by British Colonial Government February 18, 1957Suez Canal Reopened After UNEF Peacekeepers, April…
Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated. Date: July 26, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay Plane Crash Kills 25, March 17, 1957Britain Tests First Hydrogen Bomb at Malden…