Historical Events In 1957

Jul 24   In the year 1957 kTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Jul 24   Sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies at 72 in the year 1957.  

Jul 25   In the year 1957 monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic  

Jul 25   Tunisia gains independence on this day in history.  

Jul 26   Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated in the year 1957.  

Jul 26   Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered in the year 1957.  

Jul 26   Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on this day in history.  

Jul 26   On this day in history uSA test launch first ICBM  

Jul 26   USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile in the year 1957.  

Jul 28   Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show) on this day in history.  

Jul 29   International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN in the year 1957.  

Jul 29   On this day in history jack Paar's Tonight show premiers  

Jul 30   Sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76 in the year 1957.  

Aug 01   First commercial building heated by Sun - in Albuquerque New Mexico in the year 1957.  

Aug 01   Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10") in the year 1957.  

Aug 01   Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59] in the year 1957.  

Aug 03   "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer on this day in history.  

Aug 03   On this day in history british offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman  

Aug 05   "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) on this day in history.  

Aug 05   On this day in history "American Bandstand," goes on network TV (ABC)  

Aug 05   Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 in the year 1957.  

Aug 07   On this day in history oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65  

Aug 07   In the year 1957 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Aug 09   On this day in history 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)  

Aug 11   Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open on this day in history.  

Aug 15   David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon in the year 1957.  

Aug 15   USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter in the year 1957.  

Aug 18   Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½") in the year 1957.  

Aug 18   Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4«") in the year 1957.  

Aug 18   In the year 1957 wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41  

Aug 19   In the year 1957 nY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958  

Aug 20   In the year 1957 uSAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)  

Aug 21   In the year 1957 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)  

Aug 24   On this day in history albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1957 birth of frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light)  

Jan 03   In the year 1957 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   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   Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1957.  

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1957 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   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