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Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean W
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes…
In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes…
The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National…
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the…
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the…
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor
At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple
South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities
John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal ele
Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister
Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the…
The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights…
SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas