WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1957
Find out what all happened April to October 1957

Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. (14. July 1957)

Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. (25. September 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. (29. October 1957)

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

In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. (24. June 1957)

The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. (29. July 1957)

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

The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. (1. April 1957)

At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. (15. May 1957)

Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. (24. April 1957)

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines. (6. April 1957)

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

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

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

The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. (9. April 1957)

Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS. (4. October 1957)

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

Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so. (6. July 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)