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'1957'

  • TV detector vans introduced

  • Harold Macmillan takes over as Prime Minister following resignation of Sir Anthony Eden

  • Britain''s first H-bomb exploded at Christmas Island

  • Benidorm is latest destination for British holidaymakers

  • US tennis star Althea Gibson is the first black person to win Wimbledon

  • Wolfenden Report calls for homosexuality between consulting adults to be legalised

  • Christian Dior dies, aged 52

  • The Queen makes her first Christmas broadcast on TV



 
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