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)
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)
The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada. Date: October 14, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident. Date: October 10, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. Date: October 4, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 4 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene. Date: October 3, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency. Date: October 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded. Date: September 29, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. Date: September 25, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)