Page 11: Historical Events In 1957

Sep 04   Ford Motor Co introduces the Edsel   

Sep 07   71st US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62)   

Sep 08   Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV   

Sep 09   Ettore Pozzoli, composer, dies at 84   

Sep 09   Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited.   

Sep 10   "Mask and Gown" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 39 performances   

Sep 11   Petar Stojanovic, composer, dies at 80.   

Sep 14   UN resolution deplores and condemns USSR invasion of Hungary.   

Sep 16   Ch'i Pai-shih, traditional Chinese painter, dies at 93   

Sep 16   Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed).   

Sep 17   John W "John" Eisenloeffel, goldsmith, dies at 81   

Sep 17   Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for inaugural powered flight   

Sep 18   "Wagon Train" premiers   

Sep 19   1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas Nevada.   

Sep 19   Bathyscaph Trieste, in a dive sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in the Mediterranean, reaches record depth of 2 miles.   

Sep 19   The inaugural underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada).   

Sep 20   Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91   

Sep 21   "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV   

Sep 21   Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies   

Sep 21   Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr as Erle Stanley Gardner's persistent attorney, debuts on CBS-TV.   

Sep 22   "Maverick" premieres   

Sep 23   "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly and Crickets reaches #1   

Sep 24   Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0   

Sep 24   Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools   

Sep 25   300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark.   

Sep 25   Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced.   

Sep 25   US National Guard deployed in Little Rock, USA, to enforce desegregation in schools.   

Sep 26   "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 734 perfs.   

Sep 26   Dag Hammarskjld re-elected secretary-general of the UN.   

Sep 26   Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway.   

Sep 28   Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies   

Sep 29   300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)   

Oct 01   B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of USSR attack   

Oct 04   "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS.   

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Jan 02   Joanna pacula: Tomszowaubelski poland, actress (gorky park, kiss)   

Jan 03   Frank dicopoulos: Akron oh, actor (frank cooper-guiding light)   

Jan 03   Bojan križај: Slovenian skier   

Jan 04   Patty loveless: [ramey], pikeville ky, singer (blue side of town)   

Jan 05   Vincent calloway: Kentucky, trumpet player (midnight star-no parking)   

Jan 05   Kevin hastings: Australian rugby league footballer   

Jan 07   Katie couric: [katherine], arlington va, tv news host (today)   

Jan 07   Kristen meadows: Actress (santa barbara)   

Jan 01   Ruth draper: Us elocutionist,    

Jan 04   Theodor korner von siegringen: Austrian pres (1951-57),    

Jan 07   Al white: Choreographer (nbc comedy hour),    

Jan 09   Mary carr moore: Composer,   

Jan 10   Gabriela mistral: Chilean poet (nobel prize 1945),   

Jan 11   Sir robert garran: Australian lawyer and early leading expert in australian constitutional law (b. 1867)   

Jan 14   Humphrey bogart: Actor (casablanca, caine mutiny),   

Jan 16   Alexander cambridge: Gov-gen (s afr 1923-31/canada 1940-5),