Date: January 1, 1957
A violent F5 tornado wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois. Date: December 18, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 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 3, 1957Thailand…
The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba. Date: July 25, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957International Geophysical Year Begins, July 1, 1957Upper Volta Territorial Assembly Elections and PDU-MDV…
The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. Date: August 21, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957African Convention Founded in Dakar, Senegal, January…
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…
Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột. Date: February 22, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Boeing 707 Initial Production Version First Flight, December 20,…
Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific. 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 1957Pacoima Mid-Air Collision Kills Eight…