The temperature on August 25, 1957 was between 9.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 22.9 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
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.
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