President Ngô Đình Diệm Makes First South Vietnam State Visit to Australia, September 2, 1957
Date: September 2, 1957
Date: September 2, 1957
Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities. Date: November 17, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on…
Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister. Date: June 21, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957United Kingdom Agrees to Singaporean Self-Rule, April 11, 1957Sutton Wick Air Crash Kills Crew…
The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Date: December 17, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957George Town, Penang Becomes City by Royal Charter – January…
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) More events from 1957California Court Rules Howl Not…
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later. This would remain the longest speech ever conducted by a single Senator until Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, beginning on…
Lèse majesté 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.: 6, 18 Date: January 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More…