American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. Date: August 5, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Date: August 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show. Date: July 29, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. Date: July 29, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992. Date: July 28, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated. Date: July 26, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. Date: July 19, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
KLM Flight 844 crashes off the Schouten Islands in present day Indonesia (then Netherlands New Guinea), killing 58 people. Date: July 16, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. Date: July 14, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)