Deaths on August 21

Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)

Died on August 21, 1957

Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)

Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (15 November 1888 – 21 August 1957) was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist.

He was director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and director of the Norwegian Polar Institute.

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Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)

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Events on 1957

9 Jan

Suez Crisis
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
8 Mar

Suez Crisis
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
24 Jun

First Amendment to the United States Constitution
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
6 Jul

Paul McCartney
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
24 Sep

101st Airborne Division
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

Deaths on August 21

Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)

Died on August 21, 1957

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Events on 1957

Suez Crisis

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Paul McCartney

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