WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1957
Find out what all happened August to November 1957

Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. (7. November 1957)

President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia. (2. September 1957)

Operation Grapple X, Round C1: the United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific. (8. November 1957)

First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency. (1. October 1957)

Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam. (22. October 1957)

Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled to be not obscene by the California State Superior Court. (3. October 1957)

The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. (21. August 1957)

The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested. (14. November 1957)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. (24. September 1957)

The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom. (31. August 1957)

In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president. (22. September 1957)

Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. (4. October 1957)

Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario. (4. October 1957)

Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. (3. November 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. (14. October 1957)

The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel. (4. September 1957)

Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos. (5. September 1957)

The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. (24. October 1957)

The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. (1. November 1957)

Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. (24. September 1957)