The temperature on May 5, 1957 was between 1.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
September 4 » 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.
September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
Day of death May 7, 1957
The temperature on May 7, 1957 was between -0.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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