Date: December 13, 1957
Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet. Date: January 31, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in…
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 1957Sputnik 2 Launches Laika, First Animal in Orbit November 3, 1957Ngo Dinh Diem…
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 1957KLM Flight 844 Crashes Off Schouten Islands, 58 Killed July 16, 1957United Kingdom Agrees to Singaporean Self-Rule, April 11,…
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…
Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government. Date: March 31, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957First Atlas ICBM…
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 1957Aga Khan IV Becomes 49th Shia Imami Ismaili Imam,…