Historical Events
- Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
Famous Birthdays
- Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs, born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano, born in Posio, Finland
What Happened in 1957
The Computer That Came By Truck
It didn't have the sleek lines that Steve Jobs would admire and it needed to be carried on a truck, but the computer age had finally arrived in rural England.
April 3, 1957UK Tests a Hydrogen Bomb
The first British hydrogen bomb test, Operation Grapple
May 15, 1957Little Rock Crisis
The 101st Airborne Division escort the nine black students into Little Rock School in Arkansas
September 23, 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai movie poster
October 2, 1957