Date: November 1, 1957
Sutton Wick air crash: A Blackburn Beverley of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Forces, crashes into the village of Sutton Wick, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), killing most of the crew and passengers and two local residents. Date: March 5, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in…
Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.: 6, 18 Date: January 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand. 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 1957Walter James Bolton Last Legal Execution in New Zealand, February 18, 1957Walter O’Malley…
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor. Date: May 8, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Short Solent 3 Crashes Near Chessell, November…
Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista. Date: March 13, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Upper Volta Territorial Assembly Elections,…
Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. Date: January 22, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957United Kingdom Agrees to Singaporean Self-Rule, April 11, 1957British European Airways Vickers Viscount Crashes at Ballerup, No Fatalities, November…