1957, Jan. 1. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


1957, Jan. 1

The Saar returned to Germany, becoming the Federal Republic's tenth state.	1

June 18

A new law of equal status expanded on the constitutional dictum that men and women were to have equal rights by regulating matrimonial property laws and shaping the control that husbands and wives had over their children toward more equality.	2

July 1

The first 3 of 12 West German divisions formally joined the NATO command.	3

Sept. 15

In parliamentary elections, Chancellor Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) obtained an absolute majority in the Bundestag.	4


The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.