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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]
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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 exact cause of the crash was never determined, but was suspected to be a malfunction of the autopilot, possibly due to faulty wiring. The company which manufactured the autopilot system issued a statement claiming it was not due to the autopilot system, but still altered the system in newer aircraft; the official report states unknown cause but "the autopilot system cannot be ruled out as ...
The United Kingdom and the United States finalized an agreement with the Soviet Union for mutual inspection of the UK-U.S. ZETA (Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly) fusion reactor at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), located in Harwell, Oxfordshire.
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September 21 – Perry Mason on CBS (1957–1966), The Polly Bergen Show on NBC; September 22 – Maverick on ABC (1957–1961) September 28 - Dick and the Duchess on CBS (1957-1958) [5] October 2 – Educated Evans (UK) on BBC (1957–1958) October 3 The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom on ABC (1957–1960) The Real McCoys on ABC (1957–1962), then ...