Historical Events In 1957

Feb 04   On this day in history 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)  

Feb 04   In the year 1957 electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)  

Feb 04   On this day in history joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66  

Feb 05   Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90 in the year 1957.  

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

Feb 12   In the year 1957 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans  

Feb 14   Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies in the year 1957.  

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

Feb 21   Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 25   Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1957.  

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

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

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   On this day in history asian flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people  

Mar 02   On this day in history harry E Soref, inventor (padlock), dies at 70  

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

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

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Jan 02   Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1957.  

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   Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 01   On this day in history ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72  

Jan 04   Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies in the year 1957.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1957 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   On this day in history humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57  

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