United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted. Date: December 2, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell. Date: November 15, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee. Date: November 14, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific. Date: November 8, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. Date: November 7, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. Date: November 3, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. Date: November 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into the Knesset. Date: October 29, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)