Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow began a serious study of the infrared laser
Time: 1957
Place: U.S.
Details: In 1957, Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow, then at Bell Labs, began a serious study of the infrared laser. As ideas developed, they abandoned infrared radiation to instead concentrate upon visible light. The concept originally was called an "optical maser".
‹ Earlier in historyInformal negotiations took place between Yacef and Germaine TillionJul, 1957 Later in history ›The first U.S. postage stamp to feature the flag as the sole subjectThursday Jul 4, 1957
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1958 - U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Marriage
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Ford-Ford Mustang
Friday Apr 17, 1964 - New York, U.S.
Korean War-Resolution 83
Tuesday Jun 27, 1950 - New York, U.S.
Louis Armstrong-American version of "C'est si bon"
Monday Jun 26, 1950 - New York, U.S.
David Ben-Gurion-Marriage
1917 - New York, U.S.
Albert Einstein-Visited New York City
Saturday Apr 2, 1921 - New York, U.S.
Korean War-The United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 498
Thursday Feb 1, 1951 - New York, U.S.
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Thursday Sep 30, 2021 - U.S.
Robin Williams-13th of "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time"
2004 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Met the Future leaders
1920 - U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Luciano's legal options had been exhausted
Friday Apr 17, 1936 - New York, U.S.
River Phoenix-Phoenix's mother
Sunday Dec 31, 1944 - New York City, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect
Saturday Jan 17, 1920 - U.S.
Lucky Luciano-To jail without bail
Saturday Apr 18, 1936 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Gambino became the most powerful
Saturday Apr 4, 1959 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Costello's Assassination Attempt
Thursday May 2, 1957 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Sentenced to 30 to 50 years in state prison
Saturday Jul 18, 1936 - New York, U.S.
Hot Dog-Dorgan's earliest usage of hot dog
Sunday Dec 16, 1906 - Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Kroger-Kroger announced that had purchased Murray's Cheese
Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 - Greenwich Village, Manhattan, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Emigrated to the U.S.
Apr, 1906 - New York, U.S.
Kevin Hart-Moving to New York City
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Labor day-McGuire and the Knights of Labor organised a similar parade based on the Canadian event
Tuesday Sep 5, 1882 - New York, U.S.
Garry Kasparov-Deep Junior
Jan, 2003 - New York, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-The fifth-highest paid sports star
2013 - New York, New York, U.S.
Banking Frauds and Hacks-JP Morgan Chase
2014 - New York, New York, U.S.
Louis Armstrong-Armstrong big band dissolved
Wednesday Aug 13, 1947 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-Jack Kirby moved from Marvel Comics to DC
1970 - New York, U.S.
Richard Branson-Branson formed Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation
2006 - U.S. and United Kingdom
Statue of Liberty-Bartholdi second Trip to The U.S.
May, 1876 - New York, U.S.
Robert Fulton-Death
1815 - New York, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal appeared as himself on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 - New York, U.S.
Samsung-Fortune Global 500 List of 2005
2005 - New York, U.S.
Elizabeth Blackwell-American Civil War broke out
Saturday Apr 13, 1861 - U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-The United Nations Protection Force
Friday Feb 21, 1992 - New York, U.S.
Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell returned to New York City
1851 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Jeff Bezos-D. E. Shaw & Co
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Falklands War-The United Kingdom's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons put a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council
Saturday Apr 3, 1982 - New York, U.S.
Bosnian War-An agreement of further basic principles for a peace accord
Tuesday Sep 26, 1995 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-DC announced a line-wide relaunch titled DC Rebirth
2016 - U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Foreign Minister's Reaction
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 at 10:30:00 AM - New York City, U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Taking his seat
Sunday Jan 1, 1911 - U.S.
Martin Luther King-The American Race Crisis
Thursday Feb 6, 1964 - New York, U.S.
Lady Gaga-Born This Way single
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Nikola Tesla-Good bye to the Edison Machine Works
Dec, 1884 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-Person of the Year
Dec, 2016 - New York, U.S.
George Washington-Commanding General
Friday Jul 13, 1798 - U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois joined the Communist Party
Oct, 1961 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Robin Williams-Second appearance on Time's cover
Thursday Aug 23, 1979 - New York, U.S.
US Airways Flight 1549: Sully-Flight Details
Thursday Jan 15, 2009 at 03:24:00 PM - New York, U.S.
Lady Gaga-A rape victim
2005 - New York, U.S.
Sojourner Truth-process of emancipating those people enslaved in New York was completed
Wednesday Jul 4, 1827 - U.S.
Computer animation-AMPAS Announcement
2010 - New York, U.S.
Martin Luther King-Opposition to the Vietnam War
Tuesday Apr 4, 1967 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-DC rebooted all of its running titles following the Flashpoint storyline
2011 - U.S.
DC Comics-National Comics Publications
Monday Sep 30, 1946 - New York, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Retirement announcement
Sunday Nov 29, 2015 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Frederick Douglass-Douglass became a licensed preacher
1840 - New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-Donald J. Trump Foundation
1988 - New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump was listed on the initial Forbes list of wealthy individuals in 1982
1982 - U.S.
Red Dog (Pilbara)-Red Dog (2002)
2002 - U.S. and United Kingdom
Willis Carrier-Death
Saturday Oct 7, 1950 - New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla postulated that electricity could be used to locate submarines via using the reflection of an "electric ray" of "tremendous frequency"
Aug, 1917 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-100 Most Influential People in the World
2016 - New York City, New York, U.S.
DC Comics-DC announced it would begin releasing digital versions of their comics on the same day as paper versions
May, 2011 - U.S.
Theodore Roosevelt-The New York State Assembly
1882 - New York, U.S.
Louis Armstrong-Returned to New York
1929 - New York, U.S.
Incandescent light bulb-The Story of The Göbel Lamps
1893 - New York, U.S.
Bosnian War-The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
Friday Feb 21, 1992 - New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla emigrated to the United States
Jun, 1884 - U.S.
Lady Gaga-Admission to CAP21
2003 - New York, United States
DC Comics-All-Star
2005 - U.S.
DC Comics-The introduction of Batman
May, 1939 - U.S.
DC Comics-Batman Begins film was released
Wednesday Jun 15, 2005 - U.S.
Spanish Flu-Added to the New York City's Board of Health List
Sep, 1918 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-Giant
1972 - U.S.
Statue of Liberty-Bartholdi went to the U.S.
Jun, 1871 - New York, U.S.
Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired Only $One stores based in New York
1999 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Luciano dropped out of school
1911 - U.S.
DC Comics-DC titles introduced an updated logo
Nov, 1941 - U.S.
Donald Trump-Quinnipiac poll
Feb, 2014 - New York, U.S.
George Washington-Election of 1792
Saturday Nov 3, 1792 - U.S.
DC Comics-Wheeler-Nicholson had to take Donenfeld on as a partner in order to publish Detective Comics
1937 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Survivor Series (2011)
Sunday Nov 20, 2011 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Uber-Uber gets $1.6 billion from Goldman Sachs in debt financing
Thursday Jan 22, 2015 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-President of South Vietnam made a state visit to the United States for ten days
May, 1957 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Mobile Phones-IMTS
1965 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-DC unveiled two new digital comic innovations to enhance interactivity: DC2 and DC2 Multiverse
Tuesday Jun 4, 2013 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-New York Futures Exchange was established
1980 - New York City, New York, U.S.
DC Comics-Raising the price from 35 cents to 50 cents
Jun, 1978 - U.S.
Anna May Wong-Wong played her first leading role
Nov, 1922 - U.S.
Nikola Tesla-The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
Jun, 1900 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Eminem-Hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019 - New York, U.S.
Incandescent light bulb-Irving Langmuir's Researches
1913 - New York, U.S.
Andrew Yang-Early Career
2000 - New York, U.S.
The Beatles-Lennon's Death
Monday Dec 8, 1980 - New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla moved out of the Liberty Street shop Peck and Brown had rented and for the next dozen years worked out of a series of workshop/laboratory spaces in Manhattan
1889 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Anna May Wong-"The World's best-dressed woman"
1934 - New York, U.S.
Amazon-Amazon announced to debut the Amazon 4-star
Thursday Sep 27, 2018 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Plane Accidents-September 11 terrorist attacks
Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 - New York, U.S.
1957
Vietnam War-South Vietnam enjoyed its first peace in over a decade
1957 - South Vietnam
Juan Carlos I-Joining The Naval School
1957 - Marín, Pontevedra, Spain
Magdi Yacoub-Graduation
1957 - Giza, Egypt
Algerian War-Support for the FLN weakened
1957 - Algeria
Akio Morita-Producing a pocket-Sized Radio
1957 - Tokyo, Japan
Muhammad Yunus-Graduation
1957 - Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Grivas (leader of EOKA) changed his policy as his forces in the mountains became increasingly pressured by the British forces
Jan, 1957 - Cyprus
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Representatives of The Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania met to Review Internal Developments in Hungary
Jan, 1957 - Budapest, Hungary
Algerian War-General Raoul Salan commanding the French Army in Algeria
1957 - Algeria
Carlos Slim-200 Pesos
1957 - Mexico City, Mexico
Rosa Parks-Moving north to Detroit
1957 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Rosa Parks-Raymond and Rosa Parks left Montgomery for Hampton
1957 - Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski graduated from summer school
1957 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Computer animation-The first digital Image
1957 - Maryland, U.S.
Algerian War-Lacoste summoned General Salan and General Massu
Monday Jan 7, 1957 - Algeria
Martin Luther King-SCLC
Thursday Jan 10, 1957 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Sputnik 1
1957 - Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. (Present-Day Kazakhstan)
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower and the CIA had known that Russia had the capability to launch a small payload into orbit and was likely to do so within a year
Jan, 1957 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-State of Arkansas refused to honor a federal court order to integrate their public school system stemming from the Brown decision
1957 - Arkansas, U.S.
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Marriage to Jean Peters
Saturday Jan 12, 1957 - Tonopah, Nevada, U.S.
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The killing of a Turkish Cypriot policeman
Saturday Jan 19, 1957 - Cyprus
Algerian War-Female FLN operatives again planted bombs
Saturday Jan 26, 1957 - Algeria
Algerian War-The FLN called an 8-day general strike
Monday Jan 28, 1957 - Algiers, Algeria
Algerian War-The bombings however continued
Feb, 1957 - Algiers, Algeria
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Marriage
Feb, 1957 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Thanksgiving-Second Monday of October
1957 - Canada
Algerian War-2e RCP arrested a prominent young lawyer and FLN sympathiser Ali Boumendjel
Saturday Feb 9, 1957 - Algeria
Audrey Hepburn-Funny Face
Wednesday Feb 13, 1957 - U.S.
Algerian War-the 3e RPC raided the bomb factory finding 87 bombs, 70 kg of explosives
Tuesday Feb 19, 1957 - Algeria
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Queen granted her husband the style and title of a Prince of the United Kingdom by Letters Patent
Friday Feb 22, 1957 - London, England, United Kingdom
Algerian War-Colonel Trinqier's intelligence sources located Ben M'hidi who was captured
Monday Feb 25, 1957 - Algeria
The Beatles-The Quarrymen Band
Mar, 1957 - Liverpool, England
Algerian War-The FLN organisation within Algiers had been completely broken
Mar, 1957 - Algeria
Algerian War-It was announced that Ben M'hidi had committed suicide by hanging himself with his shirt
Wednesday Mar 6, 1957 - Algeria
Bin Laden-Birth
Sunday Mar 10, 1957 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Qasem Soleimani-Birth
Monday Mar 11, 1957 - Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province, Iran
Father's Day-Margaret Chase Smith wrote a Father's Day proposal
1957 - U.S.
Algerian War-A meeting between Massu, Trinquier, Fossy-Francois and Aussaresses
Saturday Mar 23, 1957 - Algeria
Rwandan genocide-Bahutu Manifesto
Sunday Mar 24, 1957 - Rwanda
James Bond-From Russia, with Love was published
Monday Apr 8, 1957 - United Kingdom
Malcolm X-Hinton Johnson incident
Friday Apr 26, 1957 - New York, U.S.
Fido (dog)-Time magazine wrote an article about Fido
Apr, 1957 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Vietnam War-Diệm undertook a ten-day state visit to the United States
May, 1957 - U.S.
Algerian War-Two paratroopers were shot in the street by the FLN
May, 1957 - Algeria
Lucky Luciano-Costello's Assassination Attempt
Thursday May 2, 1957 - New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-President of South Vietnam made a state visit to the United States for ten days
May, 1957 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Nuclear Power-USS Skate (SSN-578)
Thursday May 16, 1957 - U.S.
Atomic Bomb-Mark-17 accident
Wednesday May 22, 1957 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Algerian War-Maurice Audin a Communist university professor was arrested
Saturday Jun 1, 1957 - Algeria
Algerian War-Yacef's forces planted bombs in street lamps at bus stops in the centre of Algiers
Monday Jun 3, 1957 - Algiers, Algeria
Algerian War-A bomb exploded at the Casino on the outskirts of Algiers killing nine and injuring 85
Sunday Jun 9, 1957 - Algiers, Algeria
Audrey Hepburn-Love in the Afternoon
Jun, 1957 - U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-Nkrumah invited Du Bois to Ghana
1957 - Ghana
Mamie Till-Mamie married Gene Mobley
Monday Jun 24, 1957 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Frank Sinatra-2nd Divorce
Jul, 1957 - U.S.
Algerian War-Informal negotiations took place between Yacef and Germaine Tillion
Jul, 1957 - Algeria
Flag of the United States-The first U.S. postage stamp to feature the flag as the sole subject
Thursday Jul 4, 1957 - U.S.
Pelé-Pele's International debut
Sunday Jul 7, 1957 - Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nikola Tesla-Rest Place
1957 - Belgrade, Serbia
KFC-A Trade Mark
1957 - Salt Lake, Utah, U.S.
KFC-The Interview
1957 - Ottawa, Canada
Neil Armstrong-His First Flight In a Rocket-Powered Aircraft
Thursday Aug 15, 1957 - Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Algerian War-Intelligence gained by Colonel Godard's operatives
Monday Aug 26, 1957 - Algeria
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower proposed to Congress the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and of 1960
1957 - U.S.
IBM-FORTRAN
1957 - New York, U.S.
Nuclear Power-The Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Wednesday Sep 18, 1957 - U.S.
Algerian War-A Courier for Yacef was arrested
Monday Sep 23, 1957 - Algeria
Algerian War-the 1e REP commanded by Colonel Pierre Jeanpierre sealed off Rue Caton and raided Yacef's hideout
Tuesday Sep 24, 1957 at 05 AM - Algeria
Kroger-Kroger sold off its Wichita, Kansas, store division
Sep, 1957 - Wichita, Kansas, United States
Harald V-The First Time to attend The Council of State
Friday Sep 27, 1957 - Oslo, Norway
Algerian War-the 1e REP surrounded Ali La Pointe's hideout at 5 Rue de s Abderames
Tuesday Oct 8, 1957 - Algeria
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Monday Oct 14, 1957 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
James Bond-Daily Express approached Ian Fleming to adapt his stories into comic strips
1957 - London, England, United Kingdom
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot replaced Sir John Harding as the British Governor of Cyprus
Tuesday Oct 22, 1957 - Cyprus
Lucky Luciano-Anastasia's assassination
Friday Oct 25, 1957 - Apalachin, New York, U.S.
Laser-Gordon Gould noted his ideas for a "laser"
Nov, 1957 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.
Fido (dog)-Awarded a gold medal
Saturday Nov 9, 1957 - Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy
New York Stock Exchange-Becoming known as the S&P 500
1957 - U.S.
Russell Bufalino-Powerful mafiosi convened at Barbara's estate
Thursday Nov 14, 1957 - Apalachin, New York, U.S.
Russell Bufalino-Police found many luxury cars parked at Barbara's home
Nov, 1957 - New York. U.S.
Russell Bufalino-Escaping
Nov, 1957 - New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Mild stroke
Monday Nov 25, 1957 - U.S.
April Fools' Day-Pranks (U.K.)
1957 - London, U.K.
Berlin Wall-New Passport
Wednesday Dec 11, 1957 - East Germany, Germany
Jimmy Hoffa-Teamsters Union Presidency
1957 - Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-Major Criminal Investigations
1957 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-The 1957 AFL–CIO Convention
1957 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Russell Bufalino-A National Cosa Nostra meeting
1957 - Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Fido (dog)-TO FIDO, EXAMPLE OF LOYALTY
1957 - Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy