2007-11-23 07:55:06 · 7 answers · asked by El Stupido 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Music Man Opens on Broadway
West Side Story debuts on Broadway
The first US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up .
The Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight.
The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, goes online.
NYC becomes first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools .
Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited.
Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date.
Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy"
First broadcast of "Larry King"
Pulitizer Prize awarded to JFK.
Liz Taylors 3rd marriage!
2007-11-23 08:11:32 · answer #1 · answered by vollbabydoll02 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Events Of 1957
2016-11-04 23:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by leinen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's your site - - http://www.infoplease.com/year/1957.html
Sputnik was indeed a very big deal. People started building bomb shelters in the U.S. and we had nuclear attack drills in first grade ( I remember well ). 1957 was the first year that the words "In God We Trust" were printed on dollar bills in the U.S.
2007-11-23 08:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some things i looked up.....
1. U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik I
2. First animal enters orbit
3. Fortran (computer language) invented
2007-11-23 08:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1957 the Little Rock nine require federal intervention to get to integrate into the University of Arkansas
2007-11-23 11:48:31 · answer #5 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with the stock market crash and the Great Depression. Then google a timeline of modern American history.
2016-03-14 00:44:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputnik was launched. Not a U. S. event, but it was a real wake-up call for us.
2007-11-23 08:03:04 · answer #7 · answered by aida 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋