Page 10: Historical Events In 1957

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

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

Jul 25   On this day in history monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic   

Jul 25   In the year 1957 tunisia gains independence   

Jul 26   On this day in history carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.   

Jul 26   In the year 1957 carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered   

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

Jul 26   In the year 1957 uSA test launch first ICBM   

Jul 26   In the year 1957 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   On this day in history jack Paar's Tonight show premiers   

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

Aug 01   On this day in history 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] 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   On this day in history "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1957 amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4«")   

Aug 18   Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1957.   

Aug 19   NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958 on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1957 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   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   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   Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 in the year 1957.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies   

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

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   In the year 1957 humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57   

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