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Austria in 1957

Historical records for Austria in 1957, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records
4Events
6Named people
1Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

4 January 1957President of AustriaJulius Raab

Government / Government of Austria

Appointed President of Austria

May

22 May 1957Federal Vice ChancellorBruno Pitterman

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor

22 May 1957President of AustriaAdolf Scharf

Government / Government of Austria

Appointed President of Austria

Other Events

1957ChairmanFriedrich Peter

Vienna · Politics / Freedom Party of Austria

The OVP and the FPO wrun a joint candidate for the 1957 presidential election but lose, Reinthaller is replaced as leader in 1958 by Friedrich Peter (also a former SS officer), who leads the party through the 1960s and 1970s and moves it towards the political centre

1957ChairmanBruno Pitterman

Vienna · Politics / SPO

Appointed Chairman of the SPO

1957ChairmanAnton Reinthallereter

Vienna · Politics / Freedom Party of Austria

The OVP and the FPO wrun a joint candidate for the 1957 presidential election but lose, Reinthaller is replaced as leader in 1958 by Friedrich Peter (also a former SS officer), who leads the party through the 1960s and 1970s and moves it towards the political centre

1957The Poverty of HistoricismKarl Popper

Humanities / Philosophy

Publication of "The Poverty of Historicism"

Names involved

Adolf ScharfAnton ReinthallereterBruno PittermanFriedrich PeterJulius RaabKarl Popper

Places involved

Vienna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.