Historical Events In 1957

Jan 17   On this day in history 9-county commission recommends creation of BART  

Jan 18   On this day in history 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes  

Jan 18   3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min in the year 1957.  

Jan 19   USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election  

Jan 20   James Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1957 arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87  

Jan 21   KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1957 the birth of Geena Davis, American actress  

Jan 22   Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula in the year 1957.  

Jan 22   Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula on this day in history.  

Jan 23   The birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies in the year 1957.  

Jan 25   FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1957 fBI arrests Jack &Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR  

Jan 26   In the year 1957 bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres  

Jan 26   Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history india annexes Kashmir  

Jan 27   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88  

Jan 29   Graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65 in the year 1957.  

Jan 30   In the year 1957 uS Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"  

Jan 31   Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding) on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history the Canadian Government makes Thanksgiving Day a statutory holiday; second Monday in October (Turkey's look out)  

Jan 31   On this day in history trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished  

Feb 01   On this day in history friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66  

Feb 01   On this day in history gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam  

Feb 01   In the year 1957 the first black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline  

Feb 02   In the year 1957 liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd)  

Feb 02   In the year 1957 uN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt  

Feb 03   On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1957 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1957 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1957 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.