Kyshtym Disaster: Third-Worst Nuclear Accident September 29, 1957

Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Date: September 23, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this…

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 1957Carlos Castillo Armas Assassinated in Guatemala July 26, 1957New York, Ontario and Western…

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) More events from 1957International Atomic Energy Agency Established, July 29,…

At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. Date: May 15, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Sutton Wick Air Crash: Blackburn Beverley Disaster, March 5,…

A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34. Date: May 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Suez Canal Reopened After UNEF Peacekeepers, April 24, 1957Northeast…