Date: July 11, 1957
Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others. Date: February 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay Plane Crash…
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant. Date: October 10, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957USAF Aircraft Disappears…
United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. Date: March 25, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Jack Paar Premieres Tonight Starring on NBC, Launching Modern Talk Show July…
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 1957Walter Frederick Morrison Sells…
At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia. Date: October 14, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Walter James Bolton Last Legal…
Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Date: September 23, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this…