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What happened in February 1957

• February 2, 1957: President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across the Indus River, near Sukkur. The barrage is important for irrigation and flood control.
• February 4, 1957: France prohibits U.N. involvement in Algeria. This action by France reflects its desire to maintain control over Algeria, which was a French colony.
• February 6, 1957: The Soviet Union announces that Swedish envoy Raoul Wallenberg had died in a Soviet prison ("possibly of a heart attack"), on July 17, 1947. Wallenberg had been credited with saving thousands of Jews during World War II.
• February 10, 1957: The Confederation of African Football is founded, at a meeting in Khartoum. The Confederation is responsible for organizing and promoting football in Africa.
• February 15, 1957: Andrei Gromyko becomes foreign minister of the Soviet Union. Gromyko was a prominent Soviet diplomat who served as foreign minister for 28 years.
• February 16, 1957: Ingmar Bergman's film The Seventh Seal opens at cinemas in Sweden. The film is considered a masterpiece of Swedish cinema and is known for its exploration of existential themes.
• February 17, 1957: A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri, United States, kills 72 people. The fire was one of the deadliest nursing home fires in U.S. history.
• February 18, 1957: Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government. Kimathi was a prominent leader of the Mau Mau uprising against British rule in Kenya.
• February 23, 1957: The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc opens in Dakar. The Senegalese Popular Bloc was a political party in Senegal that played a significant role in the country's independence movement.