9 April 1957 April 8, 2012 Author: Staff The Suez Canal in Egypt opens to shipping. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out." Stephen King — Click here for more from Stephen King Related posts: 8 November 1957 22 January 1957 16 February 1957 15 August 1914 Categories: History