October 1957 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1957?

Events

01 Oct 1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of the USSR attack
02 Oct 1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
03 Oct 1957 Willy Brandt elected Mayor of West Berlin
04 Oct 1957 Leave It to Beaver, debuts on CBS
05 Oct 1957 11th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 at Montreal
06 Oct 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
07 Oct 1957 American Bandstand premieres
08 Oct 1957 Procter and Gamble-director N McElroy becomes US Minister of Defense
09 Oct 1957 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
10 Oct 1957 Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale
11 Oct 1957 US Air Force Colonel Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn is killed in the crash of a Twin Beech plane in the Philippines.
12 Oct 1957 Mask & Gown closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances
13 Oct 1957 German Democratic Republic recalls the East Mark and issues new currency.
14 Oct 1957 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian Monarch to open up an annual session of the Canadian Parliament, presenting her Speech from the Throne in Ottawa, Canada.
15 Oct 1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players
16 Oct 1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
17 Oct 1957 Copper & Brass opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
19 Oct 1957 Damn Yankees closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 1,022 performances
20 Oct 1957 Karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings w / o losing a wkt
21 Oct 1957 Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team
22 Oct 1957 Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
23 Oct 1957 First test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3.
24 Oct 1957 Cin Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
25 Oct 1957 Russian Minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
26 Oct 1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting.
27 Oct 1957 Celal Bayar re-elected President of Turkey
28 Oct 1957 WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
29 Oct 1957 Israel's prime minister David Ben Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
30 Oct 1957 Soviet Union launches, Sputnik II, carrying a dog named Laika
31 Oct 1957 Jamaica opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 558 performances
04 Oct 1957 Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.