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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 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the ninth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1957, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister , Harold Macmillan .
The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite failed, when the IGY Vanguard TV-3 rocket, the first with three live stages, exploded on the launch pad. [33] [51] The Soviet TASS news agency promptly reported the explosion. [52] President Eisenhower requested a full report on the launch failure from the United States Department of Defense. [53]
2 June – BBC Television broadcasts the final of the 1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships live from Prague.For the first time, the BBC broadcasts an event held in a Communist state, which was also relayed to the rest of the Eurovision network in other Western European countries.
United only won one more league game in the 1957–58 season after the crash, causing their title challenge to collapse and they fell to ninth place. [70] They managed to reach the FA Cup final , but lost 2–0 to Bolton Wanderers , [ 70 ] and beat Milan at Old Trafford in the European Cup semi-finals, only to lose 4–0 at the San Siro . [ 70 ]
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