Historical Events In 1957

Jul 24   KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies at 72  

Jul 25   Monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic in the year 1957.  

Jul 25   Tunisia gains independence in the year 1957.  

Jul 26   Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26   Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 in the year 1957.  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile  

Jul 28   In the year 1957 jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show)  

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

Jul 29   Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers on this day in history.  

Jul 30   In the year 1957 sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76  

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") on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1957.  

Aug 03   British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman in the year 1957.  

Aug 05   In the year 1957 "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)  

Aug 05   In the year 1957 "American Bandstand," goes on network TV (ABC)  

Aug 05   On this day in history heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80  

Aug 07   Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65 in the year 1957.  

Aug 07   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Aug 09   24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000) in the year 1957.  

Aug 11   Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open in the year 1957.  

Aug 15   David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon on this day in history.  

Aug 15   USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1957 amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")  

Aug 18   Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4«") on this day in history.  

Aug 18   On this day in history 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   USAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)  

Aug 24   Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1957.  

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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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 07   In the year 1957 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   In the year 1957 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72  

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

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

Jan 09   On this day in history mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83  

Jan 10   Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) died in the year 1957.  

Jan 14   Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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