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4 April – 1957 Defence White Paper presented by Duncan Sandys, Minister of Defence, introduces major cuts in conventional land and air forces. [12] 10 April – Royal Court Theatre premieres John Osborne's The Entertainer with Laurence Olivier in the title role. [13] 11 April – The UK Government agrees to allow Singapore its independence. [14]
December 4 – The Lewisham rail crash in London, UK, leaves 92 people dead. [33] 1957 Bayankhongor Earthquake in Mongolia kills 30+ people December 5 – All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from Indonesia. [34] December 6 – The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, when the Vanguard rocket blows up on the launch pad. [35]
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The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom's history, and one of the worst in the world, ranked in severity at level 5 out of 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. [1] The fire was in Unit 1 of the two-pile Windscale site on the north-west coast of England in Cumberland (now Sellafield ...
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This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),
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It is the most inaccurate score in senior Australian Rules football history with 27 more behinds than goals. [1] August 17 – By beating Essendon by 21 points, Hawthorn secure their first finals position in senior VFL football, which they joined in 1925. It is the longest finals absence in major Australian sporting history.