Page 10: Historical Events In 1957

Jul 24   On this day in history kTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Jul 24   On this day in history sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies at 72   

Jul 25   On this day in history monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic   

Jul 25   Tunisia gains independence on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated in the year 1957.   

Jul 26   Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered in the year 1957.   

Jul 26   In the year 1957 mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200   

Jul 26   In the year 1957 uSA test launch first ICBM   

Jul 26   In the year 1957 uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile   

Jul 28   Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show) on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1957 international Atomic Energy Agency established by UN   

Jul 29   In the year 1957 jack Paar's Tonight show premiers   

Jul 30   Sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history first commercial building heated by Sun - in Albuquerque New Mexico   

Aug 01   On this day in history glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")   

Aug 01   Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59] in the year 1957.   

Aug 03   "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer in the year 1957.   

Aug 03   British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)   

Aug 05   "American Bandstand," goes on network TV (ABC) in the year 1957.   

Aug 05   In the year 1957 heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80   

Aug 07   In the year 1957 oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65   

Aug 07   In the year 1957 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Aug 09   On this day in history 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)   

Aug 11   In the year 1957 patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open   

Aug 15   David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon in the year 1957.   

Aug 15   On this day in history uSAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter   

Aug 18   In the year 1957 amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")   

Aug 18   On this day in history amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4«")   

Aug 18   Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Aug 19   NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   USAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) in the year 1957.   

Aug 21   1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   On this day in history albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1957 birth of frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara) was born in the year 1957.   

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 in the year 1957.   

Jan 07   Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies in the year 1957.   

Jan 09   Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1957.