February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
Day of death February 15, 1957
The temperature on February 15, 1957 was between -0.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 5 » 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.
April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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