WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1957
Find out what all happened March to September 1957

Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kill 992. (28. July 1957)

U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator. (28. August 1957)

The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia. (8. March 1957)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley. (4. June 1957)

The Republic of Tunisia is proclaimed. (25. July 1957)

First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. (9. June 1957)

White Rock, British Columbia officially separates from Surrey, British Columbia and is incorporated as a new city. (15. April 1957)

Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister. (21. June 1957)

Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista. (13. March 1957)

The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). (25. March 1957)

The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. (4. March 1957)

Malaysia's constitution comes into force. (27. August 1957)

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government. (31. March 1957)

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

Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana. (27. June 1957)

The International Geophysical Year begins. (1. July 1957)

John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government. (10. June 1957)

Ghana joins the United Nations. (8. March 1957)

The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. (10. April 1957)

Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis. (8. March 1957)