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May 2 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator from 1947 to 1957 (born 1908) May 10 – Annie Turnbo Malone, African American millionaire businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist (born 1869) May 13 – Robert Alfred Theobald, admiral (born 1884) May 16 – Eliot Ness, Prohibition agent (born 1903) May 29 – James Whale, English director and actor ...
1957 – Eisenhower Doctrine, wherein a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state; 1957 – Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, becomes the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress since Reconstruction
1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
Miss America 1958; Miss USA 1957; N. New York Crusade (1957) List of The New York Times number-one books of 1957; State visit by Ngo Dinh Diem to the United States; O.
The Public Health Service in Washington, D.C., announced that manufacturers would soon be producing a more powerful vaccine for the so-called "Asian influenza" and said that many people who had already been vaccinated should receive a second shot.
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The Milwaukee Braves won the 1957 World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 4 games to 3. [56] President Eisenhower praised the 1957 Series as one of the finest in recent history. [57] The Walt Disney Productions television series Zorro debuted on the ABC television network. [58] Born: Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist; in Niigata ...