The temperature on April 19, 1957 was between 4.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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