February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of death March 3, 1957
The temperature on March 3, 1957 was between -0.4 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
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.
December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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