May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
Day of death August 25, 1957
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
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
March 9 » The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
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