Ghana Gains Independence from Britain, First Sub-Saharan Nation March 6, 1957
Date: March 6, 1957
Date: March 6, 1957
The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident. Date: October 10, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 10 π Events on this day in 1957 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Ngo Dinh Diem Begins U.S. State Visit, May 8, 1957International Geophysical Year Begins, July 1, 1957South…
The Mwβ― 6.5 Farsinaj earthquake strikes Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing at least 1,119 deaths and damaging over 5,000 homes. Date: December 13, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 13 π Events on this day in 1957 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Walter…
Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. Date: January 14, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 14 π Events on this day in 1957 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Northeast Airlines Flight 823 Crashes on Rikers…
United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. Date: March 25, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 25 π Events on this day in 1957 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Project Vanguard Launchpad Explosion Thwarts First U.S. Satellite Launch, December 6, 1957African…
LΓ¨se majestΓ© 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.:β6,β18 Date: January 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 1 π Events on this day in 1957 π On This Day (Today) More…
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. Date: March 29, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 29 π Events on this day in 1957 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Cuban Student Revolutionaries…