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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.
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 ...
The year 1957 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space exploration. Sputnik 1.
6 May – In Melbourne Tonight, TV-Series 1957–1970 (GTV-9's first major production). Pick-A-Box, TV-Series 1957–1971 (first broadcast as a radio program in 1948) The Tarax Show, TV-Series 1957–1970 (sponsored by Tarax, a soft drink bottling company from Melbourne.
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
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One of the most special things about photographs is that they freeze a moment in time—a split second that happened that we will never get back. They can transport us to the past and give us a ...
Pages in category "1957 in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...