Events Date 1957 October | History by KabAstro

Oct 1 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of USSR attack
Oct 1 First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Oct 2 "The Bridge on the River Kwai", directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1958)

Oct 2 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
Oct 2 New York Yankees appear in their 25th Baseball World Series; beat Milwaukee Braves, 3-1 in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; lose series, 4-3

Howl and Other Poems

Oct 3 Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene

Willy Brandt Elected Mayor

Oct 3 German statesman Willy Brandt is elected mayor of West Berlin (1957-1966)

Oct 4 Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario
Oct 4 Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite into elliptical low Earth orbit
Oct 4 TV sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" debuts on CBS
Oct 5 11th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-3
Oct 5 Ryder Cup Golf, Lindrick GC: Great Britain-Ireland win, 7½-4½; Dai Rees captains home team to first Cup victory since 1933
Oct 5 Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
Oct 6 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Oct 7 KOAC TV channel 7 in Corvallis, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 8 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
Oct 8 Procter & Gamble director N McElroy becomes US Secretary of Defense
Oct 8 Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (NYC)
Oct 8 Turkish & Syrian border guards exchange fire
Oct 9 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
Oct 10 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident
Oct 10 Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 5-0 at Yankee Stadium to clinch 4 games to 3 series victory; MVP: Braves pitcher Lew Burdette (3-0)

Eisenhower Apologizes for Racial Insult

Oct 10 US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware

34th US President and WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oct 10 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Oct 12 "Mask & Gown" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances
Oct 12 "Simply Heavenly" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 62 performances
Oct 12 First commercial flight between California & Antarctica
Oct 13 German Democratic Republic recalls OstMark & issues new currency

Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 14 Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize, for his aid in resolving the Suez Crisis; the 1st Canadian to win the award [1]

Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson

#1 in the Charts

Oct 14 Everly Brothers' single "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1

Event of Interest

Oct 14 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne

Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II

Oct 15 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players

British History

Oct 16 British Queen Elizabeth & her husband Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia [1]

Oct 16 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
Oct 17 "Copper & Brass" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
Oct 17 Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit the White House
Oct 17 Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed

Nobel Prize in Literature

Oct 17 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Oct 17 II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan

Jailhouse Rock Premieres

Oct 17 Musical film "Jailhouse Rock" starring Elvis Presley premieres in Memphis, Tennessee

A publicity shot from the film showing Elvis Presley during the dance sequence in Jailhouse Rock

The Frank Sinatra Show

Oct 18 "The Frank Sinatra Show" television variety/drama anthology series debuts on ABC; the singer-actor is given almost complete control of the program

Sports History

Oct 19 Montreal Canadien Maurice "Rocket" Richard, becomes the 1st NHLer to score 500 goals

Oct 19 Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St Theater, NYCl after 1022 performances and 7 Tony Award wins
Oct 20 Karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings without losing a wicket

Event of Interest

Oct 20 Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary

Oct 21 Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team
Oct 22 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast

Adenauer Re-elected

Oct 22 Konrad Adenauer re-elected Chancellor of West Germany

Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer

Oct 23 First test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3
Oct 24 Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
Oct 24 The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.

Murder of Interest

Oct 25 Cosa Nostra crime boss Albert Anastasia is murdered in a barber's chair in New York City, probably by fellow mobster Joe Gallo

Oct 25 Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed

Zhukov Fired

Oct 26 USSR fires defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov

Oct 27 Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey
Oct 27 WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 27 WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Oct 28 WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting

Event of Interest

Oct 29 Hand grenade thrown from balcony in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) injures Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Foreign Minister Golda Meir, and several others

1st Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion

Music Premiere

Oct 30 Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow

Oct 30 WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast
Oct 30 WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting