The group, upon the issuance of its first press release on December 21, 1957, designated itself a `` Committee of Investigation ''.

The first pretrial conference -- held to appoint amici curiae to represent the interest of the stockholders of Du Pont and General Motors and to consider the procedure to be followed in the subsequent hearings -- took place on September 25, 1957.

King Muhammad 5, was known to be most sympathetic to the formation of local self-government and made the first firm promise of elections on May Day, 1957.

This first film was based on the 1957 novel 4: 50 from Paddington ( U. S. title, What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!

* 1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.

In 1957, Ayckbourn married Christine Roland, another member of the Library Theatre company, and indeed Ayckbourn's first two plays were written jointly with her under the pseudonym of " Roland Allen ".

* 1957 – In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S.

Ajax achieved their first Eredivisie championship in 1957 and again in 1960.

They started playing together as a duo, formed the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club in 1955, and made their first record together in 1957.

In 1957, it produced a pocket-sized radio ( the first to be fully transistorized ), and in 1958, Morita and Ibuka decided to rename their company Sony ( sonus is Latin for sound, and Sonny-boys the most common American expression ).

In 1957, the term was first defined as someone with fewer than 75 at bats or 45 innings pitched in any previous Major League season.

The BWF organizes several international competitions, including the Thomas Cup, the premier men's international team event first held in 1948 – 1949, and the Uber Cup, the women's equivalent first held in 1956 – 1957.

United won the League championship but were denied the 20th century's first " double " when they controversially lost the 1957 FA Cup final to Aston Villa.

BCS theory, proposed by John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer ( BCS ) in 1957, is the first microscopic theory of superconductivity since its discovery in 1911.

The theory was first published in April 1957 in the letter, " Microscopic theory of superconductivity ".

" Rock Around the Clock " was the first record ever to sell over one million copies in both Britain and Germany and, in 1957, Haley became the first major American rock singer to tour Europe.

The " H-H-L " team impressed Hollywood with its success ; as Life wrote in 1957, " fter the independent production of a baker's dozen of pictures it has yet to have its first flop ... ( They were also good pictures.

For the 1957 show season, the Blue Angels transitioned to the supersonic Grumman F11F-1 Tiger, first flying the short-nosed, and then the long-nosed versions.

# Grumman F11F-1 Tiger – mid-season 1957 – 1969 ( first supersonic jet )

His first European film, A King in New York ( 1957 ), was also a political satire that openly parodied the HUAC.

However, his next films, The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), a parody on Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that ended in a dramatic speech criticising the blind following patriotic nationalism, and Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ), which criticised war and capitalism, as well as his first European film A King in New York ( 1957 ), which ridiculed the U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee, were more clearly political and caused controversy.

The most comprehensive history is still Hubert Jedin's The History of the Council of Trent ( Geschichte des Konzils von Trient ) with about 2500 pages in four volumes: The History of the Council of Trent, The fight for a Council ( Vol I, 1951 ); The History of the Council of Trent The first Sessions in Trent ( 1545 – 1547 ) ( Vol II, 1957 ); The History of the Council of Trent Sessions in Bologna 1547 – 1548 and Trent 1551 – 1552 ( Vol III, 1970, 1998 ); The History of the Council of Trent Third Period and Conclusion ( Vol IV, 1976 ).

The Gnome Press edition ( 1950 – 1957 ) was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime.

This idea, which looked very promising in 1957, was proposed to the US Army by Jack Kilby, and led to the short-lived Micromodule Program ( similar to 1951's Project Tinkertoy ).

In addition to money laundering, the law, contained in section 1957 of Title 18 of the United States Code, prohibits spending in excess of US $ 10, 000 derived from an SUA, regardless of whether the individual wishes to disguise it.

* On 27 June 1957 Hurricane Audrey demolished Cameron, Louisiana, US, killing 400 people.

By the end of December, the British and French forces had totally withdrawn from Egyptian territory ; after additional UN resolutions and intense US pressure, Israel completed its withdrawal on 8 March 1957.

In January 1957, the US adopted the Eisenhower Doctrine, pledging to protect Middle Eastern countries from Communism and its " agents.

* "( We're Gonna ) Rock Around the Clock " – US R ' n ' B No. 3 then # 1 ( 8 weeks ), Billboard, US ; # 1 ( 7 weeks ), Cashbox, 06 / 1955 ; # 1, UK, 10 / 1955 ; UK recharts # 5 09 / 1956 ; # 24, 12 / 1956 ; No. 25 01 / 1957 ; No. 20 04 / 1968 ; No. 34 05 / 1968 ; No. 12 UK then No. 39 US, 04 / 1974

* " Transition " ( 1957 Lassie TV series episode ),‎ an episode of US television series Lassie

The year 1957 also coincided with an acute shortage of mathematicians in the US.

*" Liechtenstein Polka " ( US # 48, December 1957 )

* The Black Scorpion ( US 1957 )

The Miller cycle was patented by Ralph Miller, an American engineer, US patent 2817322 dated Dec 24, 1957.

On November 8 1957 the US Secretary of Defense instructed the US Army to use a modified Jupiter-C rocket to launch a satellite.

The US achieved this goal only four months later with Explorer 1, on February 1 1958, but after Sputnik 2 in November 3 1957, making Explorer 1 the third artificial Earth satellite.

Partly as a consequence of this favour, in late October 1957, the US McMahon Act was eased to facilitate nuclear co-operation between the two governments, initially with a view to producing cleaner weapons and reducing the need for duplicate testing.

In 1957, Tony Bennett was filmed walking along The Serpentine in Hyde Park, London as his recording of " Stranger in Paradise " played ; this film was distributed to and played by UK and US television stations.

With attention turning to space after the launch of Sputnik in 1957, Bull leaked a story that Canada would soon match this feat by placing a high-velocity gun in the nose of a US Army Redstone missile.

In 1969, under pressure after the Shapp controversy, Annenberg sold The Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, which he bought in 1957, to Knight Newspapers for US $ 55 million.

Between 1952 and 1960, the Canadian dollar traded at a slight premium over the US dollar, reaching a high of US $ 1. 0614 on August 20, 1957.

* Dick Swett ( b. 1957 ), former US congressman

The word is reported as being used in the US in 1957 to denote a target pistol, particularly one with a fancy stock.