Lably
Skip to content

85th United States Congress

  • 5 min read
  • 10 chapters

Related on Lably

Through United States Senate and President of the United States

Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

To date, this is the earliest Congress with a member still living, Merwin Coad.

Major events

  • January 5, 1957: President Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in a special message to Congress
  • January 20, 1957: Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for a second term
  • August 21, 1957: President Eisenhower announced a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing
  • August 28, 1957: Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest filibuster with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
  • September 24, 1957: Little Rock Crisis: President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas to provide safe passage into Central High School for the Little Rock Nine.
  • October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
  • October 21, 1957: The U.S. military sustained its first combat fatality in Vietnam
  • November 7, 1957: Gaither Report called for more American missiles and fallout shelters
  • November 25, 1957: President Eisenhower suffers from a stroke
  • January 31, 1958: U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1
  • July 15, 1958: U.S intervenes in the Lebanon Crisis, the first major application of the Eisenhower Doctorine.
  • October 1, 1958: NASA started operations

Sign in to keep reading

9 more chapters are free with a Lably account.

More in Contemporary

West GermanyFederal Republic of Germany (1949–1990)East GermanyCountry in Central Europe (1949–1990)Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Phase since 2022 of war ongoing since 2014Royal Air ForceAir and space warfare force of the United Kingdom2022 Russian invasion of UkraineCampaign in ongoing war since 2014Great Recession2007–2009 international economic decline