14 events found for 1957
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor
The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple
Led by John Diefenbaker (pictured), the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of House of Commons seats in the
Ellen Fairclough (pictured) became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada
Hurricane Audrey made landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, L
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, a largely autobiographical novel by Evelyn Waugh, was published.
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head…
Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending…
U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights bill since…
François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating…
United States Army troops escorted nine students as Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated.
An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.
After three days of heavy rain, the Turia overflowed and flooded the city of Valencia, Spain, causing at least 81…
A screening of Mother India, one of the most influential Indian films in history, was held for President Rajendra…