WHAT HAPPENED IN 1957.
Look what happened the 1957.

George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II. (1. January 1957)

An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks during Operation Harvest; two IRA volunteers killed. (1. January 1957)

The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. (3. January 1957)

In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine. (5. January 1957)

The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal. (11. January 1957)

Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. (14. January 1957)

Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. (22. January 1957)

The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs. (22. January 1957)

American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". (23. January 1957)

Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet. (31. January 1957)

Felix Wankel's first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine runs at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany (1. February 1957)

Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. (2. February 1957)

Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS). (3. February 1957)

The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom. (16. February 1957)

Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government. (18. February 1957)

Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand. (18. February 1957)

Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Ban Me Thuot. (22. February 1957)

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

Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British (6. March 1957)

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