United States and Canada Form NORAD – August 1, 1957

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 1957Vickers VC.1 Viking Crash Kills 34 at Blackbushe Airport, May 1, 1957Dedan…

Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Date: May 3, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Thailand Lèse Majesté Strengthened as National Security…

Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet. Date: January 31, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in…

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 1957Thailand Lèse Majesté Strengthened as National Security Crime January 1, 1957Upper Volta Territorial Assembly…

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 1957Walter James Bolton Last Legal Execution in New Zealand,…

Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista. Date: March 13, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Suez Canal Reopens to Shipping…