Historical Events In 1957

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

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

Feb 04   Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 in the year 1957.  

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   On this day in history john Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53  

Feb 08   San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1957.  

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   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   On this day in history leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63  

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

Feb 18   On this day in history dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government.  

Feb 18   In the year 1957 henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1957 dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises  

Feb 22   Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   On this day in history jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win  

Feb 23   In the year 1957 "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances  

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

Feb 25   In the year 1957 buddy Holly &the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"  

Feb 25   Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" in the year 1957.  

Feb 27   Mao's speech "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 02   In the year 1957 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   On this day in history eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light)  

Jan 03   Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 04   In the year 1957 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 in the year 1957.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)  

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

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

Jan 07   In the year 1957 al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies  

Jan 09   Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67 in the year 1957.  

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   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 in the year 1957.