January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death October 27, 1957
The temperature on October 27, 1957 was between 9.3 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
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.
Day of burial October 30, 1957
The temperature on October 30, 1957 was between 11.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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".
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.
March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
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