Jan. 16 U.S. B-52 Super fortress makes the first nonstop round-the-globe flight in forty-five hours and nineteen minutes.

Mar. 12 A National Airlines Boeing-707 broke a speed record for cross-country flight in 3 hours and 48 minutes.

Apr. 22 The defense department announces that some of America’s larger cities will soon be guarded with the new Nike Hercules atomic missiles

May 06 Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy awarded Pulitzer Prize for Profiles in Courage.

Jul. 06 Tennis star Althea Gibson of the United States becomes the first black to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon.

Aug. 26 Moscow announces that it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

Aug. 30 Senator Strom Thurmond sets a new filibuster record in the Congress speaking twenty-four hours, twenty-seven minutes against civil rights legislation.

Sep.--- American Motors introduces nation’s first compact car, the Rambler.

Sep. 01 Evangelist Billy Grahams New York Crusade comes to a close. Over sixteen weeks he draws more than two million people.

Sep. 04 Arkansas Governor Orval Faubaus call out the National Guard to prevent nine students of African descent from entering Central High of Little Rock.

Sep. 09 President Eisenhower signs into law the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.

Sep. 19 The United States sets off the first underground nuclear test in a mountain tunnel near Las Vegas.

Sep. 24 The last game is played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn as the Dodges plan their move to Los Angeles.

Sep. 24 President Eisenhower orders troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce court-ordered desegregation of public schools.

Oct. 04 The space age begins with the launching of the Sputnik spacecraft by the Soviet Union.

Oct. 04 The family comedy Leave it to Beaver debuts on CBS.

Oct. 07 A fire in the Windscale plutonium production reactor north of Liverpool, England spreads radioactive iodine throughout the countryside.

Oct. 10 Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, four games to three to win World Series.

Dec. 17 First Atlas I.C.B.M. tested by Army.

Dec. 18 The nation’s first atomic power plant began generating electric energy today.

1957     Songs: 

             Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Jerry Lee Lewis          Come Go With Me, The Dell Vikings

             I’m Walkin’, Fats Domino                                                Keep A Knockin’, Little Richard

             Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, The Tune Weavers    At The Hop, Danny and the Juniors

             Wake Up Little Susie, The Everly Brothers                  C.C.Rider, Chuck Willis

             Jim Dandy, LaVern Baker                                                Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis

             Little Darlin’, The Diamonds                                           Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly

             School Day, Chuck Berry                                                Party Doll, Buddy Knox

• American bandstand makes TV debut on ABC.

• Elvis Presley becomes the King of Rock ‘n’ roll. His monster hits Hound Dog and Don’t Be Cruel.

• Ducktail or DA  haircuts is cause for suspension in some high schools.

• Movie World: Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Best Actress: Joan Woodward, Three Faces of Eve

• Best Actor: Alex Guiness, The Bridge on the River Kwai.

• The Edsel is unleashed by Ford as the $250 million car. The new Ford comes with an optional retractable roof.

• The shapeless, unfitted sack dress comes into vogue for women.

• For men, the Ivy League look, characterized by button-down shirt collars, three button single-breasted suits, and pleatless pants.

• Small cars from overseas are extremely popular as the number of imports double from 1956. The hot imports include the

• German Volkswagen, the Swedish Volvo, the French Renault, the English Austin and the Italian Fiat.

• A thousand computers are built, bought, and shipped this year.

• American consumption of margarine overtakes that of butter for the first time.

• Plastic products now account for a two billion dollar slice of the economy.

• President Eisenhower presents a record peacetime budget totaling $71,807 billion.

• The world's first nuclear submarine, Nautilus, travels 60,000 miles on 8.3 pounds of fuel.

• Asian flu  - a new flu virus that originates in Asia.

• Common market - organization uniting Europe into a single trade and traffic entity.