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Karen Pence, American educator, and teacher, 48th Second Lady of the United States; January 4 – Patty Loveless, American country music singer; January 6. Freddie Glenn, American spree killer and rapist, convicted of murdering the younger sister of actor Kelsey Grammer; Nancy Lopez, American golfer; January 7. Nicholson Baker, American novelist
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.
American money and manufactured goods flooded into Europe, South Korea, and Japan and helped in their reconstruction. US manufacturing dominance would be almost unchallenged for a quarter-century after 1945. The American economy grew dramatically in the post-war period, expanding at a rate of 3.5% per year between 1945 and 1970.
It happened suddenly and swiftly and entirely by surprise.” ... 1957, but the News-Democrat reported 13.75 inches fell at its office from 9 p.m. June 14 to 9 a.m. June 15.
An American United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crashed into the center of the village of Freckleton. It crashed into a school, 3 houses, and a cafe. Sixty-one individuals, including 38 children and two teenagers, were killed. Ten American servicemen were among the fatalities. 61 1946 La Salle Hotel: Fire ...
London Institute of World Affairs, The Year Book of World Affairs 1957 (London 1957), comprehensive reference book covering 1956 in diplomacy, international affairs and politics for major nations and regions; Hart, John Fraser. “The 1950s.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 69, no. 1 [1] (1979): 109–14. Khanin, G. I.
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