1957
 
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  • Harold MacMillan becomes PM of England
  • US Civil Rights Act & race riots (at Little Rock & elsewhere)
  • European Economic Community formed
  • Ghana gains independence; Kwame Nkrumah becomes the first PM
  • The Viet Cong begin acts of rebellion in South Vietnam.
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman becomes the first PM of independent Malaya
  • International Geophysical Year
  • Sputnik 1 & 11 Russian satellites
  • First non-stop around the world flight
  • Velcro invented
  • Rocky Marciano retires undefeated as heavyweight boxing champion
  • First frozen pizza marketed
  • First permanent press trousers developed by Arthur Farnworth (at the CSIRO)
  • Frisbees introduced (originally as "Pluto Platters")

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