Historical Events In 1957

Jan 17   9-county commission recommends creation of BART in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 20   Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election in the year 1957.  

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

Jan 21   Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 in the year 1957.  

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

Jan 21   On this day in history the birth of Geena Davis, American actress  

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

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

Jan 23   The birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco in the year 1957.  

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

Jan 24   Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1957.  

Jan 26   In the year 1957 india annexes Kashmir  

Jan 27   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open in the year 1957.  

Jan 28   Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 in the year 1957.  

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

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

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

Jan 31   On this day in history liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)  

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

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1957 gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam  

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1957 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   On this day in history birth of frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light)  

Jan 03   Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 05   In the year 1957 birth of kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer  

Jan 07   In the year 1957 birth of katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)  

Jan 01   On this day in history ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72  

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   On this day in history mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83  

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   In the year 1957 humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57  

Jan 16   Alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 on this day in history.