January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
Day of death November 23, 1957
The temperature on November 23, 1957 was between 2.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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.
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