Historical Events
- Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites" premieres
- Dutch Pacifist Socialist Party forms
- India annexes Kashmir
- Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves
Famous Birthdays
- Ashok Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84)
- Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], American professional wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003)
- Shivlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87)
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
