Historical Events In 1957

Jan 17   On this day in history 9-county commission recommends creation of BART  

Jan 18   3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes on this day in history.  

Jan 18   On this day in history 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min  

Jan 19   On this day in history uSSR performs atmospheric nuclear test  

Jan 20   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open in the year 1957.  

Jan 20   Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election in the year 1957.  

Jan 20   James Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1957.  

Jan 21   On this day in history the birth of Geena Davis, American actress  

Jan 22   Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula on this day in history.  

Jan 22   Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula in the year 1957.  

Jan 23   The birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies in the year 1957.  

Jan 25   On this day in history fBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR  

Jan 25   On this day in history fBI arrests Jack &Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR  

Jan 26   On this day in history bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres  

Jan 26   Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms in the year 1957.  

Jan 26   India annexes Kashmir in the year 1957.  

Jan 27   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open  

Jan 28   Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in NYC  

Jan 30   Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history uS Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"  

Jan 31   In the year 1957 liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)  

Jan 31   On this day in history the Canadian Government makes Thanksgiving Day a statutory holiday; second Monday in October (Turkey's look out)  

Jan 31   Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished in the year 1957.  

Feb 01   Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam in the year 1957.  

Feb 01   In the year 1957 the first black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline  

Feb 02   On this day in history liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd)  

Feb 02   On this day in history uN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt  

Feb 03   Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open in the year 1957.  

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Jan 02   Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 03   Frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 03   In the year 1957 birth of bojan Križај, Slovenian skier  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town)  

Jan 05   In the year 1957 birth of vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)  

Jan 05   Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1957 birth of katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)  

Jan 07   In the year 1957 birth of kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)  

Jan 01   Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 in the year 1957.  

Jan 04   Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84 in the year 1957.  

Jan 07   On this day in history al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies  

Jan 09   Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1957.  

Jan 10   On this day in history gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67  

Jan 11   Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1957 humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57  

Jan 16   In the year 1957 alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82