Historical Events In 1957

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

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

Jan 18   3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history uSSR performs atmospheric nuclear test  

Jan 20   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open  

Jan 20   In the year 1957 gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election  

Jan 20   In the year 1957 james Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies  

Jan 21   On this day in history arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87  

Jan 21   In the year 1957 kSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1957 israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula  

Jan 22   In the year 1957 israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula  

Jan 23   On this day in history the birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco  

Jan 23   On this day in history willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25  

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history fBI arrests Jack &Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR  

Jan 26   On this day in history bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres  

Jan 26   Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms in the year 1957.  

Jan 26   India annexes Kashmir in the year 1957.  

Jan 27   In the year 1957 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open  

Jan 28   In the year 1957 fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88  

Jan 29   In the year 1957 graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in NYC  

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

Jan 30   US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine" in the year 1957.  

Jan 31   In the year 1957 liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)  

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   Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 in the year 1957.  

Feb 01   Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02   Liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd) in the year 1957.  

Feb 02   UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt in the year 1957.  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1957 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   In the year 1957 birth of bojan Križај, Slovenian skier  

Jan 04   Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town) was born in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1957 al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies  

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 in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.