Historical Events In 1957

Feb 04   1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY) on this day in history.  

Feb 04   In the year 1957 electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)  

Feb 04   In the year 1957 joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66  

Feb 05   In the year 1957 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert  

Feb 07   Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   In the year 1957 san Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall  

Feb 09   Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting in the year 1957.  

Feb 12   Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82 in the year 1957.  

Feb 12   Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed in the year 1957.  

Feb 13   Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister  

Feb 16   Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63 in the year 1957.  

Feb 17   Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 in the year 1957.  

Feb 18   Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government in the year 1957.  

Feb 18   Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises in the year 1957.  

Feb 21   Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises in the year 1957.  

Feb 22   On this day in history harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72  

Feb 22   Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win in the year 1957.  

Feb 23   "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances in the year 1957.  

Feb 25   In the year 1957 buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"  

Feb 25   Buddy Holly &the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" on this day in history.  

Feb 25   In the year 1957 kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76  

Feb 27   Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Mao's speech "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X" "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until on this day in history.  

Mar 01   Asian flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people in the year 1957.  

Mar 02   In the year 1957 harry E Soref, inventor (padlock), dies at 70  

Mar 03   World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) on this day in history.  

Mar 05   Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland in the year 1957.  

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Jan 02   Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss) was born in the year 1957.  

Jan 03   Frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier was born in the year 1957.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)  

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

Jan 01   Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 in the year 1957.  

Jan 04   Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1957.  

Jan 10   In the year 1957 gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67  

Jan 11   In the year 1957 death of sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)  

Jan 14   On this day in history 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.