Historical Events In 1957

Feb 04   1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY) in the year 1957.  

Feb 04   Electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY) on this day in history.  

Feb 04   Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert  

Feb 07   On this day in history rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 08   John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall in the year 1957.  

Feb 09   Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88 in the year 1957.  

Feb 10   On this day in history laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90  

Feb 11   KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82 in the year 1957.  

Feb 12   Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans in the year 1957.  

Feb 14   Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister in the year 1957.  

Feb 16   Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63 in the year 1957.  

Feb 17   Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government in the year 1957.  

Feb 18   On this day in history henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies  

Feb 21   Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises in the year 1957.  

Feb 21   On this day in history dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises  

Feb 22   In the year 1957 harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72  

Feb 22   Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on this day in history.  

Feb 23   "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" in the year 1957.  

Feb 25   On this day in history buddy Holly &the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"  

Feb 25   In the year 1957 kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76  

Feb 27   In the year 1957 mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People"  

Feb 27   Mao's speech "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X" "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until on this day in history.  

Mar 01   Asian flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people in the year 1957.  

Mar 02   Harry E Soref, inventor (padlock), dies at 70 in the year 1957.  

Mar 03   World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) on this day in history.  

Mar 05   In the year 1957 eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland  

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Jan 02   In the year 1957 birth of joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bojan Križај, Slovenian skier  

Jan 04   In the year 1957 birth of patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town)  

Jan 05   Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1957 birth of kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer  

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   In the year 1957 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72  

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   On this day in history mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1957 death of sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)  

Jan 14   Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57 in the year 1957.  

Jan 16   Alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 on this day in history.