World Events

Posted in 1957

  • Suez CanalSuez Canal is reopened to all shipping.
  • Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community (or Common Market) of the Six: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
  • USSR launches Sputnik, the first Earth satellite.
  • Civil Rights Act is passed in the USA: race riots occur in the southern states. Violence in Little Rock, Arkansas against desegregation of schools - President Eisenhower sends in troops to maintain order and assure compliance with the orders of a Federal court.