February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
Day of death April 12, 1957
The temperature on April 12, 1957 was between -0.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
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.
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 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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