The temperature on January 8, 1957 was between 6.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
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