1957

Henkels & McCoy is called upon by the Boy Scouts of America to work on 1957’s Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pa. This is a reprise role for Henkels & McCoy, having been a major contractor for the 1950 event attended by then President of the United States Harry S. Truman and also by D-Day hero (and current US President), General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Another family and youth-oriented and unique project is the Green Lane Recreation Area in Green Lane, Pennsylvania, on an 800-acre property situated on the Perkiomen Creek and owned by Philadelphia Suburban Water Company. Henkels & McCoy crews raze existing buildings, clear the land and build roads in preparation for a dam and large lake, The firm sells Philadelphia Suburban on making it a recreation area. In addition, the firm constructs concession stands and purchases rental boats. When completed, the Recreation Area will include camping, fishing, and picnic areas. A subsidiary company is formed to equip and operate the recreation area. The park will officially open in 1959.
January 2
Merger of San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges.

January 3
First electric watch marketed.

January 13
First Frisbee created.

March 8
Suez Canal is reopened by Egypt.

March 13
Jimmy Hoffa arrested by FBI and charged with bribery.

June 30
Chuck Berry (left) hits #2 on the R&B chart and #29 on the pop chart with the Chess single "Roll Over Beethoven." Berry is generally acknowledged as one of the prime originators of Rock & Roll and will be one of the first artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (located in Cleveland, Ohio) in January of 1986.

July 16
US Marine pilot John Glenn flies supersonic aircraft from California to New York in under 3-1/2 hours, establishing new transcontinental speed record.

July 29
International Atomic Energy Agency established.

September 4
Ford Motors launches the ill fated Edsel, named after Edsel Ford, one of the founder's children.

October 4
Beep beep beep...The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, first satellite to orbit the earth.

November 3
Sputnik 2 launched. An experimental dog, Laika (Barker), is first living being to travel to outer space.

November 26
President Eisenhower suffers a third stroke.

December 6
US launches Project Orion, designed to build nuclear powered spacecraft.

December 6
The Civil Rights Commission is created under the auspices of the Civil Rights Act.

Also in 1957:
The Boeing 707 becomes the world’s first jet airliner to enter passenger service.

 What's on TV?
Captain Kangaroo in the person of Bob Keeshan jingles his keys and unlocks a world of fun for the pre-school set. Prime time shows include sitcom Make Room for Daddy with Danny Thomas, the celebrity panel guessing game show I've Got a Secret, and original mini-mysteries, thrillers and whodunnits in the form of Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Births
Katie Couric, television personality
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Entertainer Donny Osmond

Deaths
Humphrey Bogart, actor
Admiral Richard Byrd, explorer
Eliot Ness, federal agent
Oliver Hardy, comic actor

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