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1951_0 | 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade. |
1951_0 | Section: January (2):
January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivatio... |
1951_1 | Section: February (2):
February – The Convention People's Party wins national elections in Gold Coast (British colony).
February 1–2 – The 1951 Nepalese revolution leads to agreement for a democratic constitution.
February 1 – The United Nations General Assembly declares that China is an aggressor in the Korean War, in... |
1951_2 | Section: March (2):
March 6 – The trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for conspiracy to commit espionage begins in the United States.
March 14
Korean War: Operation Ripper – For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.
West Germany joins UNESCO.
March 29 – Second Red Scare: In the United States, Julius a... |
1951_3 | Section: April (2):
April 11
U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.
After its clandestine removal from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950, the Stone of Scone resurfaces at Arbroath Abbey in Scotland.
April 18 – The Treaty of Paris (1951) is adopted, establis... |
1951_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – The opera house of Geneva, Switzerland is almost destroyed in a fire.
May 3
King George VI opens the Festival of Britain in London, including the Royal Festival Hall.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings int... |
1951_5 | Section: June (2):
June 7 – Nazi war criminal Otto Ohlendorf is hanged at Landsberg Prison, Bavaria.
June 14 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
June 15–July 1 – In New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, thousands of acres of forests are destroyed in fires.
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1951_6 | Section: July (2):
July 5 – William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, of Bell Labs, announce the invention of the grown-junction transistor. Same year, General Electric and RCA develop alloy-junction transistor.
July 10
Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
A formal peace agreement between Cana... |
1951_7 | Section: August (2):
August 11 – René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France.
August 15 – Dezik and Tsygan become the first dogs to enter suborbital spaceflight.
August 31 – The first Volkswagen Type 1 rolls off the production line in Uitenhage, South Africa.
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1951_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS Treaty.
September 2 – The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike.
September 8
Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, 48 representatives out of 51 attending sign a peac... |
1951_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3–8 – Korean War: First Battle of Maryang-san – United Nations (primarily Australian) forces drive back the Chinese.
October 6 – Malayan Emergency: Communist insurgents kill British commander Sir Henry Gurney.
October 14 – The Organization of Central American States (Organización de Estado... |
1951_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – Desert Rock exercises, the first military exercises for nuclear war, with infantry troops included, are held in the Nevada desert.
November 2 – 6,000 British troops are flown into Egypt to quell unrest in the Suez Canal zone.
November 10 – Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service... |
1951_11 | Section: December (2):
c. December – The Institute of War and Peace Studies is established by Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University in New York (of which he is President) with William T. R. Fox as first director.
December 3 – Lebanese University is founded in Lebanon.
December 6 – A state of emergency is declared... |
1952_0 | 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade. |
1952_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
January 2 – Elvira Saadi, Soviet gymnast
January 3
Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish politician
Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
January 7 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong martial arts superstar, producer and director
January 9 – Marek Belka, 11th Prime ... |
1952_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea
February 4
Abdalá Bucaram, 38th President of Ecuador
Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister of New Zealand
February 7 – John Hickenlooper, American politician, 42nd Governor of Colorado
February 8 – Nora Miao, Hong Kong actress
February 10 – Lee Hsien L... |
1952_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 – Laraine Newman, American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
March 4 – Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer
March 7 – Viv Richards, West Indian cricketer
March 10 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2018)
March 11 – Douglas Adams, English author (The Hitchhik... |
1952_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
Annette O'Toole, American actress
Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher (d. 2020)
April 2 – Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
April 4
Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
Gary Moore, Northern Irish musician (d. 2011)
Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater
April 6 – Marilu Henner, American ac... |
1952_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Mike Thornton, British politician
May 2 – Christine Baranski, American actress
May 3
Leonid Khachiyan, Russian-born mathematician
Allan Wells, Scottish athlete
May 4 – Michael Barrymore, British comedian, TV presenter
May 6 – Michael O'Hare, American actor (d. 2012)
May 10
Roland Kaiser, Germa... |
1952_5 | Section: June (2):
June 4 – Bronisław Komorowski, President of Poland
June 6
Marsha Blackburn, American politician and businesswoman
Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese drummer and singer (d. 2023)
June 7
Hubert Auriol, French racing driver (d. 2021)
Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor (Schindler's List)
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish wr... |
1952_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
Brian George, Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer
Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
Dale Hayes, South African professional golfer
July 2
Linda M. Godwin, American scientist
Ahmed Ouyahia, Algerian politician
Marco Piccinini, Monegasque sport perso... |
1952_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician (d. 2003)
Brian Patrick Clarke, American film actor
August 3 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
August 4
Estanislau da Silva, East Timorese politician
Moya Brennan, Irish singer
August 5
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
Louis Walsh, Irish music pr... |
1952_8 | Section: September (2):
September 2
Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
Yuen Wah – Hong Kong martial actor
September 4 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 2020)
September 6 – Lucky Enam, Bangladeshi actress
September 8 – Patrick Prosser, Scottish computer scientist
September 10 – Paulo Betti, Brazilian actor
September 1... |
1952_9 | Section: October (2):
October 5
Clive Barker, British author
Harold Faltermeyer, German musician
Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and cricketer
Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan
Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
October 6 – Matthew Sweeney, Irish poet (d. 2018)
October 7
Ivo Gregurević, Croatian actor (d... |
1952_10 | Section: November (2):
November 3
David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
Michael Shea, American child actor
Roseanne Barr, American actress, comedian (Roseanne)
Jim Cummings, American voice actor
November 4 – Jeff Lorber, American jazz keyboardist, composer and record producer
November 5
Abdul Razzaq Anjum, Pakis... |
1952_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1
Rick Scott, American politician, 45th Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator (Florida)
Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, educator, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
December 3
Bruno Jonas, German Kabarett artist, actor
Mel Smith, British comedian (d. 2013)
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Malaysian... |
1953_0 | 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade. |
1953_0 | Section: January (2):
January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
January 14
Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia.
The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon.
January 15
Georg... |
1953_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – The surge of the North Sea flood continues from the previous day.
February 3 – Batepá massacre: Hundreds of native creoles, known as forros, are massacred in São Tomé, by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.
February 11
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower r... |
1953_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke, after an all-night dinner with Soviet Union interior minister Lavrentiy Beria and future premiers Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev. The stroke paralyzes the right side of his body and renders him unconscious until his death on March 5.
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1953_3 | Section: April (2):
April 7 – Dag Hammarskjöld is elected Secretary-General of the United Nations.
April 8 – Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to 7 years in prison for the alleged organization of the Mau Mau Uprising in the British Kenya Colony.
April 16
President Eisenhower delivers his "Chance for Peace" speech, to the Nati... |
1953_4 | Section: May (2):
May 2 – Hussein is crowned King of Jordan.
May 5 – Aldous Huxley first tries the psychedelic hallucinogen mescaline, inspiring his book The Doors of Perception.
May 9
France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia, with King Norodom Sihanouk.
Australian Senate election, 1953: The Liberal/Co... |
1953_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – Uprising in Plzeň: Currency reform causes riots in Czechoslovakia.
June 2 – Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, at Westminster Abbey.
June 7 – Italian general election: the Christian Democracy party wins a plurality in both legislative house... |
1953_6 | Section: July (2):
July 3 – The first ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Pakistan Himalayas, the world's ninth highest mountain, is made by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl alone on a German–Austrian expedition.
July 9
The U.S. Treasury formally renames the Bureau of Internal Revenue; the new name (which had previously been us... |
1953_7 | Section: August (2):
August 5 – Operation Big Switch: Prisoners of war are repatriated to the United States after the Korean War.
August 8 – Soviet prime minister Georgi Malenkov announces that the Soviet Union has a hydrogen bomb.
August 12
The 1953 Ionian earthquake of magnitude 7.2 totally devastates Cephalonia and ... |
1953_8 | Section: September (2):
September 4 – The discovery of REM sleep is first published, by researchers Eugene Aserinsky and Nathaniel Kleitman.
September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept China as a member.
September 7 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.
S... |
1953_9 | Section: October (2):
October – The UNIVAC 1103 is the first commercial computer to use random-access memory.
October 5
Earl Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the United States, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held (the first planning session was held August 17).
Octobe... |
1953_10 | Section: November (2):
November 5 – David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister of Israel.
November 9
Cambodia becomes independent from France.
The Laotian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Laos and the Pathet Lao, all the while resuming the First Indochina War against the French Army in a Two-front war.
November ... |
1953_11 | Section: December (2):
December 2 – The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations.
December 6 – With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven symphony, Eroica, for the last time. The live performance is broadcast across the United States on radio... |
1954_0 | 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade. |
1954_0 | Section: January (2):
January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM.
January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates ... |
1954_1 | Section: February (2):
February 10 – After authorizing $385 million over the $400 million already budgeted for military aid to Vietnam, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against his country's intervention in Vietnam.
February 19 – 1954 transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union... |
1954_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
U.S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test (Castle Bravo) has been conducted, on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Capitol shooting incident: Four Puerto Rican nationalists open fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wound 5; they are apprehended by secur... |
1954_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorize the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
South Point School in India is founded, and becomes the largest school in the world by 1992.
April 3 – Petrov Affair: Diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects from the Sovi... |
1954_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – The Unification Church is founded in South Korea.
May 4 – General Alfredo Stroessner deposes Federico Chaves in a coup d'état in Paraguay; from August 15 he will hold the office of President until 1989.
May 6 – Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four minute mile, in Oxford, England.
May 7 – Vi... |
1954_5 | Section: June (2):
June 6 – The grand opening of the sculpture of Yuriy Dolgorukiy takes place in Moscow (this statue is one of the main monuments of Moscow).
June 7 – English cryptanalyst, mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing, age 41, commits suicide by cyanide poisoning.
June 9 – McCarthyism: Joseph N. We... |
1954_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
The Common Nordic Labor Market Act comes into effect.
The United States officially begins using the international unit of the nautical mile, equal to 6,076.11549 ft. or 1,852 meters.
July 4
Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 ... |
1954_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – The First Indochina War ends with the Vietnam People's Army in North Vietnam, the Vietnamese National Army in South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia in Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos in Laos, emerging victorious against the French Army.
August 6 – Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne quin... |
1954_8 | Section: September (2):
September 6 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) treaty is signed in Manila, Philippines.
September 8 – SEATO is established in Bangkok, Thailand.
September 9 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The shock destroys ... |
1954_9 | Section: October (2):
October 11
Pre-Vietnam War: The Viet Minh takes control of North Vietnam.
Hurricane Hazel crosses over Haiti, killing 1,000.
October 15 – Hurricane Hazel makes U.S. landfall; it is the only recorded Category 4 hurricane to strike as far north as North Carolina
October 18
Texas Instruments announce... |
1954_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – The FLN attacks representative and public buildings of the French colonial power.
November 2
The dock workers' strike in the UK comes to an end.
The radio program Hancock's Half Hour, a pioneer in situation comedy, is first broadcast on BBC Radio (a television version will follow in ... |
1954_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – The first Hyatt Hotel, The Hyatt House Los Angeles, opens on the grounds of Los Angeles International Airport. It is the first hotel in the world built on an airport property.
December 2
Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 67–22 to censure Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, for... |
1955_0 | 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade. |
1955_0 | Section: January (2):
January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
January 17 – USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
January 18–20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands fro... |
1955_1 | Section: February (2):
February 10 – The United States Seventh Fleet helps the Republic of China evacuate the Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
February 16 – Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.
February 19 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organizatio... |
1955_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 – Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African-American girl, refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white woman after the driver demands it. She is carried off the bus backwards, while being kicked, handcuffed and harassed on the way to the police station. She becomes ... |
1955_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – EOKA starts a resistance campaign against British rule in the Crown colony of Cyprus.
April 5
Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, due to ill-health, at the age of 80.
Richard J. Daley defeats Robert Merrian to become Mayor of Chicago, by a vote of 708,222 to ... |
1955_4 | Section: May (2):
May 5 – West Germany becomes a sovereign country, recognized by Western countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
May 6 – The Western European Union Charter becomes effective.
May 7 – Newcastle United F.C. beat Manchester City F.C. 3–1 to win the 1955 FA Cup final in ... |
1955_5 | Section: June (2):
June 7 – The television quiz program The $64,000 Question premieres on CBS-TV in the United States, with Hal March as the host.
June 11 – Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three people are killed and at least 100 are injured, after two race cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.
June 13 – Mir mine, the... |
1955_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – Transformation from the Imperial Bank of India to the State Bank of India is given legal recognition through an Act of the Parliament of India.
July 7 – The New Zealand Special Air Service is formed.
July 13 – Ruth Ellis is hanged for murder in London, becoming the last woman ever to be exec... |
1955_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – The prototype Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft first flies, in Nevada.
August 18
The First Sudanese Civil War begins.
The first meeting of the Organization of Central American States (Spanish: Organización de Estados Centroamericanos, ODECA) is held, in Antigua Guatemala.
August 19 –... |
1955_8 | Section: September (2):
September 2 – Under the guidance of Dr. Humphry Osmond, Christopher Mayhew ingests 400 mg of mescaline hydrochloride and allows himself to be filmed as part of a Panorama special for BBC TV in the U.K. that is never broadcast.
September 3 – Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" in New Orleans; i... |
1955_9 | Section: October (2):
October 2 – Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts on the CBS TV network in the United States.
October 3 – The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on the ABC-TV network in the United States.
October 4 – The Reverend Sun Myung Moon is released from prison in Seoul, South Korea.
October 5 – Disneyland Hotel opens to... |
1955_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1
Official start date of the Vietnam War between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Republic of Vietnam; the north is allied with the Viet Cong.
A time bomb explodes in the cargo hold of United Airlines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B, over Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers a... |
1955_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger, and is arrested, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott.
December 4 – The International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations is founded... |
1956_0 | 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade. |
1956_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years.
January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Waorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making... |
1956_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – Austria and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years.
February 14–25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow.
February 16 –... |
1956_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the radiotelephony spelling alphabet, for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
March 2 – Morocco declares its independence from France.
March 9
The British deport Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus to the Seychelles.
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1956_3 | Section: April (2):
April 7 – Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
April 9 – Habib Bourguiba is elected President of the National Constituent Assembly of the Kingdom of Tunisia; on April 15 he becomes prime minister.
April 14 – Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (modern-day NAB) convention in ... |
1956_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Minamata disease is discovered in Japan.
May 2
The United Methodist Church in America decides, at its General Conference, to grant women full ordained clergy status. It also calls for an end to racial segregation in the denomination.
Violet Gibson, who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in 192... |
1956_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – Vyacheslav Molotov resigns as foreign minister of the Soviet Union; he later becomes ambassador to Mongolia.
June 4 – Montgomery bus boycott: The related civil suit is heard in federal district court; the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the ruling in November.
June 5 – The text of Nikita Khru... |
1956_6 | Section: July (2):
July 2 – A laboratory experiment involving scrap thorium at Sylvania Electric Products in Bayside, New York, results in an explosion.
July 4 – An American Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft makes its first flight over the Soviet Union.
July 8 – The mountain Gasherbrum II, on the border of Pakistan ... |
1956_7 | Section: August (2):
August 7 – Seven ammunition trucks loaded with 1,053 boxes of dynamite explode in Cali, Colombia. Death estimates range from 1,300 to 10,000, in a city that at this time has 120,000 inhabitants.
August 8 – 262 miners (chiefly Italian nationals) die in a fire at the Bois du Cazier coal mine, in Marc... |
1956_8 | Section: September (2):
September 13
The hard disk drive is invented by an IBM team, led by Reynold B. Johnson.
The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
September 16 – Television broadcasting in Australia commences.
September 21 – Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García is assassinated.
September ... |
1956_9 | Section: October (2):
October 5 – Cecil B. DeMille's epic film The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses, is released in the United States. It will be in the top ten of the worldwide list of highest-grossing films of all time, adjusted for inflation.
October 8 – Baseball pitcher Don Larsen of the New York... |
1956_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1
The States Reorganisation Act of India reforms the boundaries and names of Indian states. Three new states, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, are formed.
The film Oklahoma! (1955), previously released to select cities in Todd-AO, now receives a U.S. national release in CinemaScope,... |
1956_11 | Section: December (2):
December 3 – The 1956 Bush Terminal explosion occurs in Brooklyn, United States.
December 4 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio, for the first and last time in history.
December 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 8... |
1957_0 | 1957 (MCMLVII) 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. |
1957_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket.
January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Ed... |
1957_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across the Indus River, near Sukkur.
February 4
France prohibits U.N. involvement in Algeria.
The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, logs its 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance... |
1957_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma.
Arturo Lezama becomes President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay.
Sud Aviation forms, from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques ... |
1957_3 | Section: April (2):
April – IBM sells the first compiler for the Fortran scientific programming language.
April 1 – The first new conscripts join the Bundeswehr.
April 5 – The Communist Party of India wins the elections in Kerala, making E. M. S. Namboodiripad its first chief minister.
April 9 – Egypt reopens the Suez ... |
1957_4 | Section: May (2):
May 2 – "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", written by Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, becomes the South African national anthem, replacing "God Save the Queen", which is retained as a royal anthem.
May 8 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins a state visit to the United States, his regime's main spo... |
1957_5 | Section: June (2):
June 9 – Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border, is first ascended.
June 21 – John Diefenbaker becomes the 13th Prime Minister of Canada.
June 27 – Hurricane Audrey demolishes Cameron, Louisiana, U.S., killing 400 people.
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1957_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
The International Geophysical Year begins.
The University of Waterloo is founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Hugh Everett III publishes the first scientifically founded many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Production of the Citroën Traction Avant automobile, begun in 1934, ceases... |
1957_7 | Section: August (2):
August 4 – Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Maserati, wins the Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins this season) his record 5th world drivers championship, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a century.
August 31 – The F... |
1957_8 | Section: September (2):
September 5 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista’s forces bomb anti-government riots in Cienfuegos.
September 9 – The Civil Rights Act of 1957 is enacted, establishing the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
September 21
Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Haakon VII.... |
1957_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil.
October 4
Space Age – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow delta wing interceptor aircraft is unveiled.
October 9 – The Jodrell Bank ... |
1957_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.
November 3 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to orbit the Earth, a dog named Laika... |
1957_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – In Indonesia, Sukarno announces the nationalization of 246 Dutch businesses.
December 4
The Lewisham rail crash in London, UK, leaves 92 people dead.
1957 Bayankhongor Earthquake in Mongolia kills 30+ people
December 5 – All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from Indonesia.
Decemb... |
1958_0 | 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1958th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 958th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1950s decade. |
1958_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
January 4
Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles.
Sputnik 1 (launched on... |
1958_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic.
February 2 – The Falcons aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Mitty Masud set a world record performing a 16 aircraft diamond loop in F-86 Sabres. 30,000 people àre in attendance including President Iskandar Al... |
1958_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – Turkish passenger ship Üsküdar capsizes and sinks in a sudden gale while crossing the Gulf of İzmit, Turkey; many of the 272 who die are teenage students.
March 2 – A British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition team, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs, completes the first overland crossing of the... |
1958_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – The Treaty of Angra de Cintra is signed by Spain and Morocco, ending the Spanish protectorate in Morocco.
April 3 – In Cuba, Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana.
April 13 – The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 (launched November 3, 1957) disintegrates during reentry from orb... |
1958_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1
Arturo Frondizi becomes President of Argentina.
U.S. space scientist James van Allen announces the discovery of Earth's magnetosphere.
The Nordic Passport Union comes into force.
May 10 – Interviewed in the Chave d'Ouro café, when asked about his rival António de Oliveira Salazar, Humberto Delga... |
1958_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises to lead France by decree for 6 months.
Iceland extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km).
June 4 – French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria.
June 16 – Imre Nagy and other leaders of the failed Hung... |
1958_6 | Section: July (2):
July 9 – 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reaches 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay.
July 12 – Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, the last Belgi... |
1958_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.
August 6
Australian athlete Herb Elliott clips almost 3 seconds off the world record for the mile run at Santry Stadium, Dublin, recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.
The Law of... |
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