Major events of the year 1957. Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent loses to Conservative John Diefenbaker in the elections. John Diefenbaker arrives after winning the election as photographers take pictures.
Major events of the year 1957. A train pulls up at a station in Germany. Re-elected German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer gets down from the train and is greeted by the officials. People cheer the Chancellor.
Major events of the year 1957. United states Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife at a colorful ceremony to celebrate the independence of Ghana from colonial rule. Tribal dancers dressed in traditional attire perform at the ceremony. Kwame Nkrumah, the newly appointed President of independent Ghana at the ceremony. Soldiers march as a large crowd witness the celebrations marking the independence after years of colonial rule.
Major events of the year 1957. People gather in large numbers to mourn the death of the President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines after a plane crash. President Ramon Magsaysay on board a ship. President Magsaysay meets crowds of Filipino civilians. President Magsaysay receives a kiss and a hug from his wife Luz Magsaysay and their daughter Teresita. Aga Khan III, Imam of the Shia Muslims dies as family members mourns his death. Men carry the casket of Aga Khan's body. Women offer prayers. Karim Aga Khan succeeds him as Aga Khan IV.
Major events of the year 1957. Large crowd gathers outside the Prince’s Palace of Monaco (98015 Monaco) to celebrate the baptism of Princess Caroline, daughter of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace (formerly known as Grace Kelly). Prince Rainier and Princess Grace appear in the Palace balcony as Princess Grace holds Caroline in her arms. People cheer and release balloons on the occasion.
Major events of the year 1957. George Metesky charged with bombing of 21 places in New York after arrest by police. Photographers take his pictures. Colonel Abel, a Soviet spy, after arrest by Marshal Agents in Brooklyn, New York.