The temperature on January 8, 1957 was between 6.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
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