WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1957
Find out what all happened February to December 1957

Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. (24. April 1957)

U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator. (28. August 1957)

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

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

The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. (1. November 1957)

Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I's booster rocket's orbit. (11. October 1957)

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

Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos. (5. September 1957)

President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia. (2. September 1957)

Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. (24. September 1957)

The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. (1. April 1957)

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

The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity. (2. November 1957)

Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam. (22. October 1957)

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

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. (24. September 1957)

The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. (9. April 1957)

Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government. (18. February 1957)

Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British (6. March 1957)