WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1957
Find out what all happened January to July 1957

Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis. (8. March 1957)

Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. (2. February 1957)

In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister. (5. April 1957)

First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. (9. June 1957)

John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government. (10. June 1957)

In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. (24. June 1957)

White Rock, British Columbia officially separates from Surrey, British Columbia and is incorporated as a new city. (15. April 1957)

Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated. (26. July 1957)

The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. (4. March 1957)

In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine. (5. January 1957)

The International Geophysical Year begins. (1. July 1957)

Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS). (3. February 1957)

The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. (29. July 1957)

A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. (17. March 1957)

Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister. (21. June 1957)

Ghana joins the United Nations. (8. March 1957)

34 of 35 people aboard are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire England. (1. May 1957)

The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia. (8. March 1957)

The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. (10. April 1957)

Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. (14. July 1957)