February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
Day of death June 17, 1957
The temperature on June 17, 1957 was between 14.6 °C and 30.2 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 14.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
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.
October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
Day of burial June 20, 1957
The temperature on June 20, 1957 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
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.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
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