Short Solent 3 Crashes Near Chessell, November 15, 1957

Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. Date: April 24, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957S&P 500 Introduced, Replacing S&P 90 March 4, 1957Walter…

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…

Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government. Date: February 18, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Walter Frederick Morrison Sells Flying Disc Rights to Wham-O January 23, 1957African Convention…

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles. Date: July 6, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Supplementary Convention Abolishes Slavery…

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government. Date: March 31, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Soviet Union Tests…

United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. Date: March 25, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957George Town, Penang Becomes City by Royal Charter, January 1, 1957USAF Aircraft…