April 1957 calendar

April 1957
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1957.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1957: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1957?

Events

01 Apr 1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
05 Apr 1957 In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
06 Apr 1957 New York City ends trolley car service
07 Apr 1957 Last of New York's electric trolleys completes its final run.
09 Apr 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping.
10 Apr 1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns.
11 Apr 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
12 Apr 1957 Jim Spalding sets a 2088-pin nine-game bowling record.
13 Apr 1957 Shinbone Alley opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
14 Apr 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
15 Apr 1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
17 Apr 1957 Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.
20 Apr 1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05.
21 Apr 1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
22 Apr 1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
24 Apr 1957 Chicago Cubs' pitchers walk National League record nine Cincinnati Reds in 5th inning.
25 Apr 1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
26 Apr 1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
28 Apr 1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
29 Apr 1957 First military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA.
06 Apr 1957 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".