Date: January 1, 1957
Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana. Date: June 27, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Queen Opens 23rd Canadian Parliament, October 14,…
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 1957Mw 6.5 Farsinaj Earthquake in Iran Kills 1,119, Damages 5,000 Homes, December 13, 1957Sputnik 2 Launches Laika, First Animal…
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. Date: September 24, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Soviet Union Tests First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile R-7 Semyorka, August 21,…
The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba. Date: July 25, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Suez Canal Reopens After UNEF Peacekeepers Arrive, April 24, 1957Walter James Bolton Last…
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. Date: March 29, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Ellen Fairclough Sworn…
The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal. Date: January 11, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Sputnik 2 Launches Laika, First Animal in Orbit November 3, 1957Pacoima Mid-Air Collision Kills Eight, January 31,…