Date: January 23, 1957
In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine. Date: January 5, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
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…
KLM Flight 844 crashes off the Schouten Islands in present day Indonesia (then Netherlands New Guinea), killing 58 people. Date: July 16, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19578.6 Magnitude Andreanof Islands Earthquake and…
A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. Date: March 17, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957S&P 500 Index Introduced, Replacing S&P 90 – March 4, 1957Israel…
The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. Date: November 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957United Kingdom Agrees…
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…