July 1957 in History

Events in History

Jul 1 International Geophysical Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958)
Jul 2 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback

Catholic Encyclical

Jul 2 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Le pelerinage De Lourdes

Jul 4 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase

Event of Interest

Jul 6 Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri

Jul 7 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast

Conference of Interest

Jul 8 First Pugwash Conference, the "Thinkers Lodge" held on nuclear disarmament at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, founded by Joseph Rotblat and hosted by Cyrus Eaton

Event of Interest

Jul 8 Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn Féin leaders

Revolutionary and President of Ireland Éamon de Valera

Event of Interest

Jul 9 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced by International team at Nobel Institute of Physics in Stockholm. Named after Alfred Nobel.

Chemist, Engineer & Innovator Alfred Nobel

Event of Interest

Jul 12 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower

34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jul 12 US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
Jul 14 Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270
Jul 15 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die
Jul 15 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site

John Glenn Orbits Earth

Jul 16 US Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, getting into his spacecraft Friendship 7 in 1962

Jul 19 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
Jul 19 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Jul 24 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Jul 25 Monarchy in Tunisia abolished in favor of a republic
Jul 25 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Jul 26 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala, is assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies
Jul 26 USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
Jul 28 Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992
Jul 29 International Atomic Energy Agency formed by UN

Birthdays in History

Jul 4 Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand, the youngest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, born in Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall Dusit Palace, Bangkok
Jul 5 David Hanson, British Labour politician, born in Liverpool
Jul 9 Tim Kring, American writer and producer, born in El Dorado County, California
Jul 10 Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war and political activist, born in Inglewood, California
Jul 12 Rick Douglas Husband, Amarillo Texas, USAF mjr/astronaut
Jul 13 Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
Jul 15 Kate Kellaway, English literary critic(The Observer)
Jul 16 Alan Donnelly, British Labour Party politician, born in Jarrow, England
Jul 16 Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer (Igra Na Chuzhom Pole), born in Lviv, Ukraine
Jul 21 Stefan Lofven, Swedish politician, Prime Minister (2014-18), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 25 Daniel W. Bursch, NASA astronaut (STS 51, 68, 77), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania
Jul 25 Ray Billingsley, American comic strip cartoonist (Curtis), born in Wake Forest, North Carolina
Jul 27 Hansi Muller, German footballer, born in Stuttgart

Fumio Kishida (66 years old)

Jul 29 Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 2021-), born in Tokyo, Japan

Jul 29 Virginia Maria "Ginni" Rometty, American engineer and business executive (chairwoman, president and CEO of IBM, 2012-20). born in Chicago, Illinois
Jul 30 Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer (played in World Cup 1986, 90), born in Monje, Santa Fe, Argentina
Jul 31 Mark Thompson, English media executive (BBC, NY Times, CNN), born in London, England

Deaths in History

Jul 5 Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
Jul 8 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (1923-29) wife of Calvin Coolidge, dies at 78
Jul 8 William Adlington Cadbury, English chocolate maker, dies at 89
Jul 10 Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright (East River, Three Cities), dies at 77

Aga Khan III (1877-1957)

Jul 11 Shia Imam who was one of the founders of the All-India Muslim League and later President of the League of Nations (1937-38), dies at 79

Jul 15 James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
Jul 15 Marie van Zeggelen, Dutch writer (children's books on Indonesia, Dessajongen), dies at 87
Jul 15 Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (b. 1869)
Jul 19 Curzio Malaparte [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59
Jul 21 Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof vest), dies at 67 [1]
Jul 23 Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian prince and writer (The Leopard), dies at 61
Jul 26 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies at 42
Jul 28 Edith Abbott, American social worker and educator (University of Chicago Social Sciences), dies at 80