Page 10: Historical Events In 1957

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

Jul 24   In the year 1957 sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies at 72   

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   In the year 1957 carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.   

Jul 26   On this day in history carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered   

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

Jul 26   In the year 1957 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   In the year 1957 international Atomic Energy Agency established by UN   

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

Jul 30   Sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1957 first commercial building heated by Sun - in Albuquerque New Mexico   

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] on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 07   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1957.   

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

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   On this day in history uSAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter   

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   Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 24   Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1957 birth of bojan Križај, Slovenian skier   

Jan 04   Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town) was born in the year 1957.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1957 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 in the year 1957.   

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   On this day in history alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82