Date: August 5, 1957
American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". Date: January 23, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Gaither Report…
The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program. Date: October 24, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Britain Tests First Hydrogen Bomb at Malden Island, May 15, 1957Little Rock Crisis:…
The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom. Date: August 31, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 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,…
Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later. Date: November 8, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Rawya Ateya Becomes First Arab Female Parliamentarian,…
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…
In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president. Date: September 22, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957S&P 500 Index Introduced, Replacing S&P 90 – March 4, 1957Walter O’Malley Agrees to Move Brooklyn Dodgers to…