Date: January 5, 1957
The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. Date: March 4, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Ghana Gains Independence from Britain, First Sub-Saharan Nation, March 6, 1957Supplementary Convention Abolishes…
South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities. Date: May 22, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay Plane Crash Kills 25, March 17, 1957UK Conducts First Successful Hydrogen Bomb…
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. Date: September 24, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 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…
Sutton Wick air crash: A Blackburn Beverley of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Forces, crashes into the village of Sutton Wick, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), killing most of the crew and passengers and two local residents. Date: March 5, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in…
George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Date: January 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Aga Khan IV Becomes 49th Shia…
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) More events from 1957First Atlas ICBM Launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida December 17, 1957Ngo Dinh Diem…