Today in History for August 1957

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 43 of 43

1st - 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
1st - Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)
1st - Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
1st - US & Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
3rd - British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
5th - "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)
5th - Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut
5th - WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
5th - Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million
7th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
8th - USSR offers Syria economic/military aid
9th - 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)
10th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
11th - Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
11th - Paul Hindemith' opera "Harmonie der Welt," premieres in Munich
15th - David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
15th - USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
17th - Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
18th - Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")
18th - Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open
18th - Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46
18th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19th - NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958
19th - US Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon
20th - "Simply Heavenly" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 62 performances
20th - Chic White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0
20th - USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
20th - White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0
21st - 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)
22nd - Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
23rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
24th - British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea
25th - Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
26th - USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
27th - Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes
27th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
27th - The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
28th - Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
29th - Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
29th - Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
30th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
30th - US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
31st - Malaysia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10")
1st - Laura Johnson, Burbank California, actress (Falcon Crest)
2nd - Anne Leuchars, TV journalist
2nd - Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland NZ, Smallbore rifle (Olympics-96)
2nd - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor
3rd - Mani Shankar, Indian film maker
4th - Robert E Andrews, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
4th - Brooks D. Simpson, American historian
4th - John Wark, Scottish footballer
5th - Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut
5th - Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26)
5th - Clayton Rohner, American actor
6th - Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, Broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel)
6th - Bob Horner, American baseball player
6th - Jim McGreevey, American politician
7th - Aleksandr Ditiatin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
7th - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
8th - Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
8th - Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster (American Journal)
9th - Melanie Griffith, actress (Working Girl, Milk Money, Now & Then)
11th - Richie Ramone, [Richie Beau], rock drummer (Ramones-Pet Semtary)
14th - Jackee [Harry], Winston-Salem NC, actress (Sandra-227)
14th - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
15th - Zeljko Ivanek, Lujubljana Yugoslavia, actor (Mass Appeal)
16th - Tim Farriss, Australian pop guitarist (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)
18th - Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
18th - Dennis Leary, actor/comic (MTV)
18th - Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be)
19th - Darby Hinton, Santa Monica California, actor (Israel-Daniel Boone)
19th - Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer (Hampshire & Netherlands pace bowler)
19th - Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
19th - Ian Gould, England cricketer
20th - Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer (swam English Channel 19 times)
20th - Doug Fleger, rocker
20th - Mike Dodd, Manhattan Beach CA beach volleyballer (Olympics-silver-96)
20th - Scott Ayakatubby, beach volleyball champ
21st - Budgie, rock drummer (Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)
21st - Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars)
21st - Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
22nd - Holly Dunn, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Daddy's Hands)
22nd - Randy Romero, Garden City NY, jockey (Breeder's Cup 1987-89)
22nd - Steve Davis, snooker player
23rd - Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
24th - Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
24th - Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
25th - Sikander Bakht, cricketer (Pakistani change bowler late 70's)
26th - Alex Trevino, catcher (LA Dodgers)
26th - Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer
26th - Rick Hansen, Canadian paraplegic athlete
27th - Bernhard Langer, golfer
28th - Daniel Stern, Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years)
28th - Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto CA, actor (Top Gun, Roxanne, ER)
29th - Pim Kops, rock musician (Dike, Bloedend Heart)
29th - Therese Hession, LPGA golfer
29th - Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey
31st - Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed)
31st - Glenn Tilbrook, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Squeeze-Tempted)
31st - Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
31st - Colm O'Rourke, Former Gaelic footballer and Current panelist

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 13 of 13

1st - Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59]
3rd - "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer
4th - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
5th - Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80
7th - Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65
9th - Carl Clauberg, Nazi doctor (b. 1898)
16th - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)
18th - Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
19th - David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
19th - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
21st - Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
21st - Nels Stewart, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902)
24th - Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71