Historical Events In 1957

Oct 15   USS Lake Champlain reaches Valencia, Spain to assist in flood rescue work on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia  

Oct 16   In the year 1957 queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia  

Oct 17   On this day in history "Copper & Brass" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances  

Oct 17   In the year 1957 britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit White House  

Oct 17   On this day in history french author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature  

Oct 17   On this day in history john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70  

Oct 19   In the year 1957 "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances  

Oct 19   Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal, Canada, became first NHLer to score 500 goals on this day in history.  

Oct 19   Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65 in the year 1957.  

Oct 20   On this day in history karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings w/o losing a wkt  

Oct 21   On this day in history giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team  

Oct 22   Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1957 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3  

Oct 23   On this day in history first test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3  

Oct 23   Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86 in the year 1957.  

Oct 24   Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy in the year 1957.  

Oct 24   In the year 1957 cin Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City  

Oct 25   Henry C van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect, dies at 94 on this day in history.  

Oct 26   N Kazantzakis, writer, dies in the year 1957.  

Oct 26   USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history vatican Radio begins broadcasting  

Oct 27   On this day in history celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey  

Oct 28   In the year 1957 anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game  

Oct 28   On this day in history wMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting  

Oct 29   A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) on this day in history.  

Oct 29   On this day in history hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)  

Oct 29   Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Oct 30   Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow in the year 1957.  

Oct 31   "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 558 performances in the year 1957.  

Nov 02   1st titanium mill opened, Toronto Ohio in the year 1957.  

Nov 03   Russians launch a dog named Laika into space, the first living creature to leave the earth in the year 1957.  

Nov 03   The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with a dog name Laika on this day in history.  

Nov 03   On this day in history wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60  

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1957 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   Katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 07   In the year 1957 birth of kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)  

Jan 01   Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history 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