The year 1957 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1957 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.
Important Historical Events of the Year 1957 in World ⚡
Event__Date | Incident/Event |
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21 June | Ellen Fairclough was sworn in as Canada's first female cabinet minister. |
22 June | The then Soviet Russia launched the R-12 missile for the first time. |
27 June | The Medical Research Council of Britain released a report stating that smoking can cause lung cancer. The report was based on 25 years of research. |
11 July | Aga Khan, an Islamic religious leader and founding member of the Muslim League, died. |
28 July | In Ishaya, Japan, 992 people died due to heavy rains. |
29 July | The United Nations formed the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA). |
17 September | Malaysia joins the United Nations. |
19 September | The US conducted the first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert. |
04 October | The first 83.5 kg heavy satellite in human history was delivered to space by the Soviet Union with Sputnik success. It circled the Earth 1400 times in 92 days and for the first time sent a radio message from space to Earth. |
06 October | The Soviet Union conducted a nuclear test at Novaya Gemalya. |
03 November | The Soviet Union sent a dog named Lyka into space. He was the first dog animal to reach the sky by riding in a spacecraft and circling the Earth. |
14 November | Children's Day was officially announced on the occasion of the birthday of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
01 August | The National Book Institute was established. |
03 August | Abdul Rahman was elected the new leader of Malaysia under whose leadership Malaysia gained independence from Britain. Abdul Rahman, who was educated in Britain, though he came from the royal family, was always called the leader of the common man. |
21 August | The Soviet Union tested the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile R-7 Semeyorka. |
29 August | The Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, 1957. |
03 January | The electric watch was first displayed in Pennsylvania, USA. |
05 January | The Central Sales Tax Act came into effect. |
25 April | The sodium nuclear reactor was first operated experimentally. |
03 January | The Hamilton Watch Company inaugurated its first electric watch. |
15 February | Andrei Gromyko became the foreign minister of the Soviet Union. |
01 March | Yu Nu became Prime Minister of Atomic Burma. |
09 April | Egypt reopened the Suez Canal for trade. |
24 May | Anti-American riots broke out in Taipei city of Taiwan. |
21 June | John Diefenbaker became the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. |
25 July | The University of Waterloo in Canada was established in the city of Ontario. |
21 August | US President Dwight D Eisenhower announced a 2-year suspension for nuclear testing. |
01 September | The Jamaica railway accident killed 175 people. |
11 October | The Jodrell Bank radio telescope opened in Cheshire England. |
13 November | Venice was also flooded by the floods of Italy's Po Valley. |
04 December | 92 people died in London in a Lewisham train accident |
14 January | Kripalu Maharaj became the fifth Jagadguru, the supreme spiritual leader of Hinduism. |
22 January | New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known asthe 'Mad Bomber', for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughoutthe city. |
01 February | Invented by German mechanical engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time atthe research and development department of German manufacturer NSUMotorenwerke AG. |
18 February | Kenyan independence leader Dedan Kimathi, who spearheaded theMau Mau Rebellion, was executed by British authorities, who saw him as aterrorist. |
17 March | A plane crash on the slope of Mount Manunggal killed PhilippinePresident Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. |
25 March | West Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg sign the Treaty of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community. |
15 May | The UK tested its first hydrogen bomb on 15 May 1957 under Operation Grapl in Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean and then became the UK thermonuclear power. Britain named the first test of H-Bal as a short granite. |
10 June | Under the leadership of John Defenbekar, the Progressive Conservative Party won the seats on the completion of 22 years of Liberal Party rule at the Canadian House of Commons at the Federal Party of Commons. |
22 June | The Soviet Union launched the R -12 missile for the first time. The deployment of the R-12 missile in Cuba caused the Cuba missile crisis in 1962. A total of 2335 missiles were produced; However, all were destroyed in 1993 under the Soviet and American Arms Control Treaty. |
06 July | Althi Gibson became the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon Championship. She was an American tennis player and also a professional golfer. It was the world's first Grand Slam that was won by any colorful player in history. |
11 July | Rajkumar Karim Al-Husaini succeeded in becoming the 49th Imam of Sultan Mahomad Shah Astay Khan. |
14 July | Ravya Atiya took her seat to incite the first female MP in the Arab world in the National Assembly of Egypt. |
25 July | More than a year after gaining independence from France, Tunisia ended his monarchy, Hussainid dynasty, and became a Republic. |
10 August | , W.E. Peterson hopes that the invention of "protective milk" can treat various human diseases such as cancer, rheumatic fever and even normal colds. Doctors have been testing by injecting bacteria in cow's milk to create immunity in those who consume milk. However, many people have not tried this milk. |
27 August | Malaya's Constitution came into force, for three days the federation of Malaya gained formal independence from Unitedcade. |
31 August | The British have handed over power to their colony of Malaya, yet it will exist as a member of the British Commonwealth. |
02 September | President of South Vietnam Ngô NGNH Di? Became the first state head to visit Australia. |
22 September | François 'Papa Doctor ' Duvallier was elected as Haiti's populist president before the integration of power and ruled as a dictator for his life. |
24 September | Barcelona's camp noou is currently the largest stadium with 99,354 seating capacity in Europe. |
29 September | In an explosion at the Soviet nuclear rebellion plant, 74 to 1850 pibes of radioactive material were issued. |
03 October | A judge of California's Superior Court ruled that a poem 'Hell ' 'is' social importance' by Alan Honsburg and thus it is Nob. |
04 October | The Soviet spacecraft is Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in the Earth, which was launched by an R -7 rocket from the Baconurcosomodrome near the Turetum of Cur SSR. |
02 November | People from Levelland, Texas saw unknown light objects with bright lights. Jim Lee, head of the Interplander Space Petrol, then estimated that the UFOs are soon to come in large quantities and those who have doubted the claim will have no option but to agree. |
03 November | In the first mission of its kind, a living animal, a dog was launched at the Russian spacecraft, Sputnik 2, to enter the Earth's orbit in space. |
03 November | The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, in which the Russian space dog was taken from Earth to the first orbit. |
20 December | 20 December, the first flight of Boeing 707, the first was a commercially unsuccessful jet aircraft. |
23 December | Ian Craig of Australia became the youngest Test cricket captain. |
Important Historical Events of the Year 1957 in India ⚡
Event__Date | Incident/Event |
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30 July | Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India Private) Limited was established. |
25 August | India won the title of world champion by winning the final of the Polo World Championship in France. |
06 May | Rajendra Prasad won the election again on 6 May 1957 with 459,698 votes over Chaudhary Hari Ram and Nagendra Narayan Das, who got 2,672 and 2000 votes respectively. He is the only President to win two terms of India's presidential election. |
27 May | The Indian Copyright Act was passed. The Copyright Act, 1957 controls the subject of copyright law in India. The history of copyright law in India can be discovered back in its colonial era under the British. The Copyright Act 1957 was the first copyright law in India and the law has been revised six times since 1957. The most recent amendment was in the year 2012 through the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012. |
Famous People's Birthdays in 1957 😀
Birth | Name/Category/Country |
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15 October | Mira Nair / Director / India |
Naina Lal Kidwai / Indian banker, chartered accountant and business executive / India | |
01 October | Archana Ramasundram / Police officer / India |
01 October | Archana Ramasundaram / Civil Servant / India |
01 October | Archana Ramasundram / Civil Servant / India |
01 January | Jackie Shroff / Actor / India |
08 June | Dimple Kapadia / Actress / India |
10 May | Naina Lal Kidwai / Banker / India |
11 February | Tina Ambani / Actress / India |
11 February | Tina Munim / Actress / India |
14 August | Johnny Lever / Actor / India |
15 October | Mira Nair / Director / India |
16 December | H. D. Kumaraswamy / Politician / India |
16 August | R. R. Patil / Politician / India |
18 January | Nafisa Ali / Actress / India |
27 May | Nitin Gadkari / Politician / India |
28 July | Anil Janavijay / Writer / India |
NA NA | Labh Janjua / Singer / India |
NA NA | Meera Borwankar / Police officer / India |
NA NA | Narendra Karmarkar / Scientist / India |
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