Page 3: Historical Events In 1957

Feb 04   1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY) in the year 1957.   

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

Feb 04   Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 in the year 1957.   

Feb 05   Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1957 laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1957 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82   

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   In the year 1957 andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister   

Feb 16   Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72   

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 in the year 1957.   

Feb 21   Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1957 jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win   

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

Feb 25   Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" in the year 1957.   

Feb 25   On this day in history buddy Holly &the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"   

Feb 25   On this day in history kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76   

Feb 27   Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" in the year 1957.   

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

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

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

Mar 02   On this day in history 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) in the year 1957.   

Mar 05   On this day in history eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1957.