The temperature on June 7, 1957 was between 6.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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