Historical Events In 1957

Nov 04   2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched in the year 1957.  

Nov 04   Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Nov 05   On this day in history félix Gaillard forms govt in France  

Nov 06   On this day in history "Rumple" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 45 performances  

Nov 06   On this day in history felix Gaillard becomes premier of France  

Nov 07   Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year in the year 1957.  

Nov 08   Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island in the year 1957.  

Nov 10   On this day in history nFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA  

Nov 12   Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Nov 14   Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ on this day in history.  

Nov 15   In the year 1957 uS sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000  

Nov 15   On this day in history uS sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000 fine  

Nov 16   On this day in history "Copper & Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 perfs  

Nov 16   In the year 1957 cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67  

Nov 16   Ed Gein butchers last victim in the year 1957.  

Nov 17   WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Nov 18   In the year 1957 tunisia refuses Russian weapons  

Nov 19   Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia in the year 1957.  

Nov 20   Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy, while testifing before Congress said that he would set up an agency to manage all defense research. Despite objections by some of the military, the research agency, known as ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) was created in early 1958. ARPA developed ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, in 1969 on this day in history.  

Nov 20   In the year 1957 weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46  

Nov 22   In the year 1957 mickey Mantle wins AL MVP  

Nov 24   Cleve Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing on this day in history.  

Nov 25   Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech in the year 1957.  

Nov 25   In the year 1957 president Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech  

Nov 26   Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 26   In the year 1957 wCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting  

Nov 27   In the year 1957 army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration  

Nov 27   In the year 1957 army withdraws from Little Rock AR, after Central HS integration  

Nov 27   Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88 in the year 1957.  

Nov 28   "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 29   Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60 in the year 1957.  

Nov 29   In the year 1957 nY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants  

Nov 30   "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 413 performances on this day in history.  

Dec 02   On this day in history 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)  

Jan 03   Frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer  

Jan 07   Katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 07   Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara) was born in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1957 mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83  

Jan 10   On this day in history gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67  

Jan 11   Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57 in the year 1957.  

Jan 16   Alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 in the year 1957.