February 1957 calendar

February 1957
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 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 February 1957: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1957?

Events

01 Feb 1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
02 Feb 1957 Candide closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
03 Feb 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open.
04 Feb 1957 First electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse, New York, USA).
05 Feb 1957 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert
10 Feb 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
11 Feb 1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
12 Feb 1957 Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) has been developed.
13 Feb 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans, Louisiana.
14 Feb 1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites.
15 Feb 1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister.
16 Feb 1957 The ''Toddlers' Truce'', a controversial television close down between 6.00pm and 7.00pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
17 Feb 1957 Suez Canal reopens
18 Feb 1957 Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
20 Feb 1957 Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 versus England, 13 wickets for match.
21 Feb 1957 Dodgers (Ft Worth) and Cubs (LA) trade minor league franchises
22 Feb 1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson records his 3,500th win.
23 Feb 1957 Mr Wonderful closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances
25 Feb 1957 US Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust-exempt professional sport.
27 Feb 1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an X: Xavier Cugat Show on NBC
01 Feb 1957 Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.