Walter James Bolton Last Legal Execution in New Zealand, February 18, 1957
Date: February 18, 1957
Date: February 18, 1957
Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others. Date: February 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957African Convention Founded in Dakar, Senegal,…
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 1957Walter James Bolton Last Legal Execution in New Zealand, February 18, 1957Dedan…
American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". Date: January 23, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Upper Volta…
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…
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force. Date: April 30, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay Dies in Cebu Plane Crash, March 17, 1957Pacoima Mid-Air Collision Kills…
The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE – Greek National Airlines". Date: April 6, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1957Sutton…