January 1957 calendar

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

But much more happened on January 1957: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1957?

Events

01 Jan 1957 France returns Saar to become the 10th state of German Federal Republic.
02 Jan 1957 The San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange.
03 Jan 1957 First electric watch introduced, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
04 Jan 1957 Blondie situation comedy premieres on NBC TV
05 Jan 1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Middle East.
06 Jan 1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
09 Jan 1957 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper Truth
10 Jan 1957 Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
11 Jan 1957 The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
12 Jan 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded.
13 Jan 1957 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Allen Tate.
14 Jan 1957 Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
15 Jan 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new three-year lease for Ebbets Field.
16 Jan 1957 3 B-52s leave California for 1st non-stop round world flights
17 Jan 1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
20 Jan 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
21 Jan 1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
22 Jan 1957 Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula.
23 Jan 1957 Ku Klux Klan members force truck driver Willie Edwards to jump off a bridge into the Alabama River he drowns as a result.
25 Jan 1957 FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR.
26 Jan 1957 India annexes Kashmir.
27 Jan 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open.
28 Jan 1957 Tonight! America After Dark premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC
30 Jan 1957 US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine".
31 Jan 1957 Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished.
01 Jan 1957 George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.