George Town, Penang Becomes City by Royal Charter, January 1, 1957

The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. Date: August 21, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Cuban Student Revolutionaries Storm Havana Presidential Palace,…

United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule. Date: April 11, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Walter O’Malley Agrees to Move Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles May 3, 1957Walter James Bolton Last Legal Execution in…

Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so. Date: July 6, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Ngo Dinh Diem Begins U.S. State Visit, May 8, 1957International…

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…

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles. Date: July 6, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Israel Withdraws from Sinai…