WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1957
Find out what all happened August to September 1957

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

The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). (1. August 1957)

American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis – Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School. (4. September 1957)

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

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

American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. (5. August 1957)

20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. (29. September 1957)

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

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

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

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

Malaysia joins the United Nations. (17. September 1957)

First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob). (19. September 1957)

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

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