1957 34606 225211579 2008-07-12T14:09:32Z 82.74.86.10 /* September-October */ {{Year nav|1957}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1957''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link displays the 1957 [[Gregorian calendar]]). ==Events of 1957== ===January=== {{Month3|1|1|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] – [[Saarland]] joins [[West Germany]]. *[[January 1]] – [[Irish Republican Army]] attack on [[Brookeborough]] police barracks leads to the deaths of [[Seán South]] and [[Fergal O'Hanlon]]. *[[January 1]] – [[Italian people|Italian]] [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] [[Arturo Toscanini]] suffers the [[stroke]] that will lead to his death a little over two weeks later. * [[January 2]] - San Francisco and Los Angeles [[stock exchange]]s merge to form [[Pacific Exchange|Pacific Coast Stock Exchange]]. * [[January 3]] - [[Hamilton Watch Company]] introduces the first electric [[watch]]. * [[January 4]] - After 69 years the last issue of ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'' magazine is published. * [[January 5]] - [[Russell Endean]] becomes the first [[batsman]] to be [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissed]] ''[[handled the ball]]'' in [[Test cricket|test match]] [[cricket]]. * [[January 6]] - [[Elvis Presley]] appears on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' for the 3rd and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing "Peace In The Valley". [[Ed Sullivan]] describes Elvis thus: "This is a real decent, fine boy. We've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you. You're thoroughly all right." * [[January 9]] - [[Anthony Eden]] resigns. * [[January 10]] - [[Harold Macmillan]] becomes the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. * [[January 11]] - The [[African Convention]] is founded in [[Dakar]]. * [[January 13]] - [[Wham-O]] Company produces the first [[Frisbee]]. * [[January 16]] - [[The Cavern Club]] opens in [[Liverpool]]. * [[January 20]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] inaugurated for second term as [[President of the United States]]. * [[January 22]] - [[Israel]] withdraws from the [[Sinai Peninsula]] (captured from [[Egypt]] on [[October 29]], [[1956]]). * [[January 22]] - The [[New York City]] "[[Mad Bomber]]," [[George P. Metesky]], is arrested in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]] and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs. * [[January 23]] - [[Ku Klux Klan]] members force truck driver [[Willie Edwards]] to jump off a bridge into the [[Alabama River]] - he drowns as a result. * [[January 26]] - The [[Planetarium]] of the Park of [[Ibirapuera]], which was the first Planetarium in the Southern Hemisphere, is inaugurated in the city of [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. * [[January 31]] - Three students on a junior high school playground in [[Pacoima, California]] are among the eight persons killed following the mid-air collision between a [[Douglas DC-7]] airliner and a [[Northrop]] [[F-89 Scorpion]] fighter jet in the skies above the [[San Fernando Valley]] section of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. <!-- Comment --> ===February=== {{Month3|2|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[February 2]] - President [[Iskander Mirza]] of [[Pakistan]] lays the foundation-stone of the [[Guddu Barrage]] across river [[river Indus|Indus]] near [[Sukkur]]. * [[February 3]] - * [[February 4]] - [[France]] prohibits UN involvement in [[Algeria]]. * [[February 4]] -The first [[Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] [[submarine]], the {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571}}, logs its 60,000th [[nautical mile]], matching the endurance of the fictional [[Nautilus (Verne)|''Nautilus'']] described in [[Jules Verne]]'s novel ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"]]''. * [[February 15]] - [[Andrei Gromyko]] becomes foreign minister of [[Soviet Union]]. * [[February 16]] - The "[[Toddlers' Truce]]", a controversial television closedown between 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. was abolished in the [[United Kingdom]] * [[February 17]] - A fire at a home for the elderly in [[Warrenton, Missouri]] kills 72 people. * [[February 18]] - [[Dedan Kimathi]], a [[Kenya]]n rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government. * [[February 23]] - The founding congress of the [[Senegalese Popular Bloc]] is opened in [[Dakar]]. ===March=== {{Month3|3|4|0}} [[Image:Flag of Ghana.svg|thumb|250px|[[Flag of Ghana]], the first country in colonial Africa to gain independence]] * [[March 1]] - [[U Nu]] becomes Prime Minister of [[Burma]]. * [[March 1]] - [[Arturo Lezama]] becomes President of the National Council of Government of [[Uruguay]]. * [[March 1]] - [[Sud Aviation]] forms from a merger between [[SNCASE]] (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and [[SNCASO]] (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest). * [[March 1]] - [[Dr. Seuss]]' ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'' is published. * [[March 3]] - ''Net als toen'' by Corry Brokken (music by Guus Jansen, text by Willy van Hemert) wins [[Eurovision Song Contest 1957]] for Netherlands * [[March 6]] - [[United Kingdom]] colonies [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] and [[British Togoland]] become the independent nation of [[Ghana]]. * [[March 7]] - The [[United States Congress]] approves the [[Eisenhower Doctrine]]. * [[March 8]] - [[Egypt]] re-opens the [[Suez Canal]]. * [[March 10]] - Floodgates of [[The Dalles Dam]] are closed inundating [[Celilo Falls]] and ancient Indian fisheries along the [[Columbia River]] in [[Oregon]]; birth-date of [[Osama bin Laden]]. * [[March 13]] - The United States [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] arrests [[Jimmy Hoffa]] and charges him with [[bribery]] * [[March 14]] - President [[Sukarno]] declares [[martial law]] in [[Indonesia]]. * [[March 17]] - [[Philippines|Philippine]] President [[Ramon Magsaysay]] and 24 others are killed in a [[1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash|plane crash]] * [[March 20]] - French newspaper ''[[L'Express (France)|L'Express]]'' reveals that the French army tortures [[Algeria]]n prisoners. * [[March 25]] - [[Treaty of Rome]] (patto di [[Rome|Roma]]) establishes the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC); see [[European Union]]. * [[March 26]] - 22-year-old [[Elvis Presley]] buys [[Graceland]] on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard ([[U.S. Route 51|Highway 51]] South) for $100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive. * [[March 27]] - [[29th Academy Awards]] ceremony * [[March 31]] - [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Cinderella (tv)|Cinderella]]'', the team's only musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in color by CBS, starring [[Julie Andrews]] in the title role. The production is seen by millions, but this 1957 version will not be telecast again for more than forty years, when a [[kinescope]] of it is shown. A new production, with most of the same songs, will be telecast by CBS in 1965. ===April=== {{Month3|4|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * April - [[IBM]] sells the first compiler for the [[FORTRAN]] scientific [[programming language]]. * [[April 1]] - The first new [[conscript]]s join the [[Bundeswehr]]. * [[April 5]] - First elected government of [[Kerala]]. [[Communist Party of India]] won the elections and [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]] became the first chief minister of united Kerala. * [[April 9]] - [[Egypt]] reopens [[Suez Canal]] for all shipping. * [[April 12]] **<!--April 12-->[[United Kingdom]] announces that [[Singapore]] will gain self rule [[January 1]] [[1958]]. **<!--April 12-->[[Allen Ginsberg]]'s poem ''[[Howl]]'', printed in England, is seized by U.S. customs officials on the grounds of [[obscenity]]. * [[April 15]] - [[Pedro Infante]], [[México]]'s maximum singer and actor dies in a plane accident. * [[April 17]] - suspected [[serial killer]] [[John Bodkin Adams]] found not guilty of murder at the [[Old Bailey]]. ===May=== {{Month3|5|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 2]] - [[Vincent Gigante]] fails to [[assassinate]] [[mafioso]] [[Frank Costello]]. * [[May 3]] - [[Walter O'Malley]], the owner of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]], agrees to move the team from [[Brooklyn, New York]], to [[Los Angeles, California]]. * [[May 15]] - At [[Malden Island]] in the [[Pacific]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]] tests its first [[hydrogen bomb]] in [[Operation Grapple#Grapple|Operation Grapple]]. The device fails to detonate properly. * [[May 15]] - [[Stanley Matthews]] plays his final international game, ending an [[England national football team|English]] [[England national football team records|record]] international career of almost 23 years. * [[May 16]] - [[Paul-Henri Spaak]] becomes the new [[Secretary General of NATO]]. * [[May 24]] - [[Anti-American]] riots in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. ===June=== {{Month3|6|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[June 9]] - First ascent of [[Broad Peak]]. * [[June 15]] - [[Tulsa, OK]] Semi-centennial celebration of statehood. A brand new 1957 [[Plymouth Belvedere]] buried in Time Capsule to be opened 50 years later on June 15, 2007 for its Centennial celebration. * [[June 21]] - [[John Diefenbaker]] becomes [[Canada]]'s thirteenth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]]. * [[June 24]] - After a 37-kiloton [[atomic bomb]] test explosion, a mushroom cloud is produced by the detonation of [[XX-10 Priscilla]]. * [[June 25]] - [[United Church of Christ]] formed in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] by merger of [[Congregational Christian Churches]] and the [[Evangelical and Reformed Church]]. * [[June 27]] - [[Hurricane Audrey]] demolishes [[Cameron, Louisiana]], killing 400 people. ===July=== {{Month3|7|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * July - [[International Geophysical Year]] begins. * [[July 6]] - [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] meet for the very first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming [[the Beatles]]. * [[July 9]] - [[Elvis Presley]]'s [[Loving You]] opens in theaters. * [[July 11]] - His Highness Price Karim [[Aga Khan]] becomes a 49th Imam of the [[Shia]] [[Ismaili]] [[Muslims]] at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sulatan Mohammed Shah [[Aga Khan III]] have appointed Prince Karim in his will. * [[July 16]] - [[United States Marine]] Major [[John Glenn]] flies an [[F8U Crusader|F8U]] [[supersonic]] jet from [[California]] to [[New York]] in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record. * [[July 25]] - [[Habib Bourguiba]] becomes the first president of Tunisia. [[Tunisia]] becomes a republic. * [[July 28]] - The [[6th World Festival of Youth and Students]], a high point of [[The Thaw]], kicks off in [[Moscow]]. * [[July 28]] - Heavy rain and mudslide occur at [[Isahaya]], western [[Kyūshū]], [[Japan]], 992 killed. * [[July 28]] - A strong [[earthquake]] shakes [[Mexico City]] and Mexican port city [[Acapulco]]. * [[July 29]] - The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] is established. ===August=== {{Month3|8|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[August 4]] - [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], driving for [[Maserati]], wins the [[Formula One]] [[German Grand Prix]], clinching (with 4 wins that season) his record fifth [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world drivers championship]], including his fourth consecutive championship (also a record); these two records would endure for nearly half a [[century]]. * [[August 5]] - [[American Bandstand]], a local dance show produced by [[WPVI-TV|WFIL-TV]] in Philadelphia joins the ABC Television Network. * [[August 7]] - Legendary Hollywood [[double act]] comedian, [[Oliver Hardy]] died. * [[August 21]] - U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing. * [[August 28]] - United States Senator [[Strom Thurmond]] (D-SC) set the record for the longest [[filibuster]] with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech railing against a civil rights bill. * [[August 31]] - The [[Federation of Malaya]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad]], [[Yang di-Pertuan Besar]] of [[Negeri Sembilan]] becomes the first [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]]. ===September=== {{Month3|9|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[September 1]] - 175 die in [[Jamaica|Jamaica's]] worst railway disaster. * [[September 3]] - Publication of the [[Wolfenden Report]]. * [[September 4]] **<!--September 4-->[[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]]: [[Little Rock Crisis]] - [[Orville Faubus]], governor of [[Arkansas]], calls out the [[US National Guard]] to prevent African-American students from enrolling in [[Little Rock Central High School|Central High School]] in [[Little Rock]]. **<!--September 4-->The [[Ford Motor Company]] introduces the [[Edsel]] on what the company proclaims as "E Day". * [[September 5]] - The first edition of [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[On the Road]]'' goes on sale. * [[September 9]] - [[Catholic Memorial]] opened its doors for the first time in [[Boston]], United States. * [[September 21]] **<!--September 21-->[[Olav V of Norway|Olav V]] becomes [[King of Norway]] on the death of [[Haakon VII of Norway|Haakon VII]]. **<!--September 21-->The sailing ship ''[[Pamir (ship)|Pamir]]'' sinks off the [[Azores]] in a hurricane. * [[September 23]] - [[Academy Award]]-winning ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'' is released. * [[September 24]] - U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] sends federal troops to [[Arkansas]] to provide safe passage into [[Little Rock Central High School|Central High School]] for the [[Little Rock Nine]]. ===October=== {{Month3|10|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[October 2]] - [[David Lean]]'s film ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' opens in the UK. * [[October 4]] - [[Sputnik program]]: The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik 1]], the first artificial [[satellite]] to orbit the earth. On that same day, [[Canada]]'s [[Avro Canada|Avro]] [[CF-105 Arrow|Arrow]] is unveiled to the public. * [[October 9]] - [[Neil H. McElroy]] was sworn in as the [[United States Secretary of Defense|6th Secretary of Defense of United States]]. * [[October 10]] - US President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] apologizes to the finance minister of [[Ghana]], [[Komla Agbeli Gbdemah]], after he was refused service in a [[Dover, Delaware]] restaurant. * [[October 11]] - [[Radio telescope]] of [[Jodrell Bank]], [[Cheshire]], UK, opened. On that same day, the [[Orbit]] of the last stage of the [[R-7 Semyorka]] rocket (carrying [[Sputnik I]]) was first successfully calculated on an [[IBM 704]] computer by teams at [[The M.I.T. Computation Center and Operation Moonwatch]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. * [[October 21]] **<!--October 21-->95 die as two trains collide in [[Turkey]]. **<!--October 21-->The U.S. military sustains its first combat fatality in [[Vietnam]], Army Capt. Hank Cramer of the [[1st Special Forces Group]]. * [[October 23]] - [[Morocco]] begins its [[Ifni War|invasion of Ifni]]. * [[October 25]] - Assassination of a [[Mafia]] boss [[Albert Anastasia]] in a barber shop in [[Park Sheraton Hotel]]. * [[October 27]] - [[Celal Bayar]] re-elected [[president of Turkey]]. * [[October 31]] - [[Toyota]] begins exporting vehicles to the U.S., beginning with the [[Toyota Crown]] and the [[Toyota Land Cruiser]] ===November=== {{Month3|11|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[November 1]] - The [[Mackinac Bridge]], the world's longest [[suspension bridge]] between [[anchorages]] at the time, opens to traffic connecting [[Michigan|Michigan's]] two [[peninsulas]]. * [[November 3]] - [[Sputnik program]]: The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik 2]]. On board is the first [[animal]] to enter space - a dog named [[Laika]]. * [[November 6]] - ''[[Jailhouse Rock (1957 film)|Jailhouse Rock]]'' opens nationally and [[Elvis Presley]] continues to gain more notoriety. * [[November 7]] - [[Cold War]]: In the [[United States]], the [[Gaither Report]] calls for more American missiles and [[fallout shelter]]s. * [[November 13]] - Invention of the [[laser]] by [[Gordon Gould]]. * [[November 13]] - >[[Flood]]ing in the [[Po River]] valley of [[Italy]] leads to the flooding also in [[Venice]]. * [[November 14]] - [[Apalachin Meeting]] - The leaders of the American [[Mafia]] meet at a convention in [[Apalachin, New York]] at the house of [[Joseph Barbara]]. It is broken up by a curious patrolman. * [[November 15]] - Plane crash in the [[Isle of Wight]] leaves 43 dead. * [[November 16]] - [[Serial killer]] [[Edward Gein]] murders his last victim, Bernice Worden of [[Plainfield, Wisconsin]]. * [[November 16]] - Oklahoma celebrates its 50th anniversary of statehood. Notre Dame beats the Oklahoma Sooners 7-0 to end the Sooners record 47 straight college football winning streak. * [[November 25]] - U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] has a [[stroke]]. * [[November 30]] - [[Grenade]] attack against [[Indonesia]]n president [[Sukarno]] in [[Cikini School]] in [[Jakarta]]. Six children are killed, Sukarno survives unscathed. ===December=== {{Month3|12|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[December 1]] - In [[Indonesia]], [[Sukarno]] announces [[nationalization]] of 246 [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businesses. * [[December 4]] - [[Lewisham rail crash|Lewisham train disaster]] in [[United Kingdom|UK]] leaves 92 dead. * [[December 5]] - All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from [[Indonesia]]. * [[December 6]] - First [[United States|U.S.]] attempt to launch a [[satellite]] fails, the [[rocket]] blowing up on the [[launch pad]]. * [[December 18]] - ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' is released in the U.S. It will go on to win the [[Academy Award]] for [[Best Picture]]. Additional Oscars will go to [[Alec Guinness]] (Best Actor) and David Lean (Best Director), among others. This is Lean's first Oscar for directing. * [[December 19]] - [[Meredith Willson]]'s classic musical ''[[The Music Man]]'', starring [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], debuts on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. * [[December 20]] - First flight of the [[Boeing 707]] airliner. * [[December 22]] - The [[CBS]] afternoon anthology series ''[[Seven Lively Arts]]'' presents [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' on U.S. television for the first time. ===Undated=== * [[Consumers' Association]] founded ([[United Kingdom|UK]]). * [[Civil Rights Commission]] established in the USA under the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]]. * [[Citroën]] stops production of its [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] motor car (production started in [[1934]]). * [[Gruppe SPUR]] is founded. * Foundation of the [[Confederation of African Football]] * [[Walter Starkie]]'s new English translation of ''[[Don Quixote]]'' is published in the UK. Starkie will later issue an abridged version. ===Ongoing=== * [[Algerian War]] (1954-62) * [[Cold War]] * [[Cuban Revolution]] (1956-59) * [[Malayan Emergency]] (1948-60) * [[Mau Mau Uprising]] (1952-60) ===Environmental change=== * The [[Africanized bee]] is accidentally released in [[Brazil]]. * The [[Asian Flu]] [[pandemic]] begins in [[China]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 32}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] **<!--January 1-->[[Ewa Kasprzyk]], Polish actress **<!--January 1-->[[Luis Guzmán]], Puerto Rican actor * [[January 4]] - [[Charles Allen]], Television magnate * [[January 6]] - [[Nancy Lopez]], American golfer * [[January 7]] **<!--January 7-->[[Nicholson Baker]], American novelist **<!--January 7-->[[Katie Couric]], American television host **<!--January 7-->[[Hannu Kamppuri]], Finnish ice hockey goaltender **<!--January 7-->[[Julian Solis]], Puerto Rican boxer * [[January 11]] - [[Bryan Robson]], English footballer * [[January 12]] - [[John Lasseter]], American director, writer, and animator * [[January 13]] - [[Lorrie Moore]], American writer * [[January 14]] - [[Anchee Min]], Chinese writer * [[January 15]] **<!--January 15-->[[Mario Van Peebles]], Mexican-born actor and director **<!--January 15-->[[Patrick Dixon]], British business guru and author * [[January 17]] - [[Steve Harvey]], American actor * [[January 21]] - [[Greg Ryan (soccer)|Greg Ryan]], American soccer coach * [[January 22]] - [[Mike Bossy]], Canadian hockey player * [[January 22]] - [[Rene Requiestas]], Filipino comedian (d. [[1993]]) * [[January 23]] - [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover|Princess Caroline of Monaco]] * [[January 24]] - [[Adrian Edmondson]], British comedian * [[January 27]] - [[Janick Gers]], British guitarist ([[Iron Maiden]]) * [[January 29]] - [[Grazyna Miller]], Polish poet * [[January 30]] - [[Payne Stewart]], American golfer (d. [[1999]]) * [[February 4]] **<!--February 4-->[[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]], American composer **<!--February 4-->[[Elaine Carbines]], Member of the [[Australian Labor Party]] * [[February 5]] - [[Jackie Woodburne]], Australian actress **<!--February 6-->[[Kathy Najimy]], American actress and comedian **<!--February 6-->[[Robert Townsend]], American comedian, actor, director, and producer * [[February 8]] - [[Cindy Wilson]], American singer ([[The B-52's]]) * [[February 9]] - [[Gordon Strachan]], Scottish footballer and manager * [[February 16]] **<!--February 16-->[[LeVar Burton]], American actor **<!--February 16-->[[James Ingram]], American singer * [[February 18]] - [[Vanna White]], American game show presenter * [[February 19]] - [[Falco (musician)|Falco]], Austrian musician (d. [[1998]]) * [[February 20]] - [[Glen Hanlon]], Canadian ice hockey coach * [[February 27]] **<!--February 27-->[[Viktor Markin]], Russian athlete **<!--February 27-->[[Adrian Smith]], British guitarist ([[Iron Maiden]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Ian Smith (cricketer)|Ian Smith]], New Zealand cricketer ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[March 3]] - [[Eric Walters]], Canadian author * [[March 4]] **<!--March 4-->[[Rick Mast]], NASCAR driver **<!--March 4-->[[Jim Dwyer]], American journalist and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner * [[March 5]] **<!--March 5-->[[Ray Suarez]], American journalist * [[March 9]] - [[Mona Sahlin]], Swedish politician * [[March 10]] - [[Osama bin Laden]], Saudi-born Islamic extremist * [[March 10]] - [[Matt Knudsen]], American actor * [[March 11]] - [[Rob Paulsen]], American voice actor * [[March 17]] - [[Mal Donaghy]], Northern Irish footballer * [[March 18]] - [[György Pazdera]], Hungarian bassist ([[Pokolgép]]) * [[March 20]] - [[Spike Lee]], American film director and actor * [[March 29]] - [[Christopher Lambert]], American-born actor * [[March 31]] - [[Marc McClure]], American actor * [[April 1]] ** [[J. Karjalainen]], Finnish rock musician ** [[Denise Nickerson]], American child actress * [[April 4]] - [[Aki Kaurismäki]], Finnish film director * [[April 5]] - [[Ivan Corea]], Sri Lankan autism campaigner * [[April 8]] - [[Henry Cluney]], Irish musician * [[April 9]] - [[Severiano Ballesteros|Seve Ballesteros]], Spanish golfer * [[April 11]] - [[Michael Card]], American musician * [[April 14]] - [[Mikhail Pletnev]], Russian pianist, conductor and composer * [[April 18]] - [[Genie (feral child)]], "Genie", American [[feral child]] * [[April 22]] - [[Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov]], Russian businessman * [[April 25]] - [[Eric Bristow]], English darts player * [[April 27]] - [[Michel Barrette]], Canadian actor and stand-up comedian * [[April 29]] - [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], English-born actor ===May-June=== * [[May 3]] **<!--May 3-->[[William Clay Ford, Jr.]], American automobile executive **<!--May 3-->[[Jo Brand]], English comedian * [[May 10]] - [[Sid Vicious]], English bassist ([[Sex Pistols]]) (d. [[1979]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Juan José Ibarretxe]], Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister) * [[May 17]] - [[Gösta Sundqvist]], Finnish songwriter and singer ([[Leevi and the Leavings]]) (d. [[2003]]) * [[May 21]] **<!--May 21-->[[Judge Reinhold]], American actor **<!--May 21-->[[Renée Soutendijk]], Dutch actress * [[May 23]] - [[Jimmy McShane]] (aka. Baltimora) Northern Irish dancer (d. [[1995]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Gary Sweet]], Australian actor * [[May 24]] - [[Walter Moers]], German comic artist and writer * [[May 26]] **<!--May 26-->[[Margaret Colin]], American actress **<!--May 26-->[[Pontso S.M. Sekatle]], Lesotho academic and politician * [[May 27]] - [[Siouxsie Sioux]], British singer ([[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Kirk Gibson]], baseball player * [[May 29]] - [[Jeb Hensarling]], American politician * [[June 1]] - [[Dorota Kędzierzawska]], Polish film director * [[June 2]] - [[King Lizzard]], American entertainer * [[June 3]] - [[Horst-Ulrich Hänel]], German field hockey player * [[June 8]] - [[Scott Adams]], American cartoonist * [[June 7]] - [[Juan Luis Guerra]], Dominican singer and songwriter * [[June 10]] - [[Hidetsugu Aneha]], Japanese architect * [[June 12]] **<!--June 12-->[[Timothy Busfield]], American actor **<!--June 12-->[[Javed Miandad]], Pakistani cricketer * [[June 13]] - [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]], American actor * [[June 15]] - [[Seppo Pääkkönen]], Finnish actor * [[June 19]] **<!--June 19-->[[Anna Lindh]], Swedish politician (d. [[2003]]) **<!--June 19-->[[Maxi Jazz|Maxwell Fraiser]], rapper for [[Faithless]], [[DJ]] * [[June 23]] - [[Frances McDormand]], American actress * [[June 27]] - [[Georgi Parvanov]], [[President of Bulgaria]] * [[June 28]] - [[Lance Nethery]], Canadian ice hockey player ===July-August=== * [[July 1]] - [[Hannu Kamppuri]], Finnish ice hockey player * [[July 2]] - [[Bret Hart]], Canadian professional wrestler * [[July 3]] - [[Laura Branigan]], American singer (d. [[2004]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Marc Almond]], English singer * [[July 11]] - [[Peter John Murphy|Peter Murphy]], British singer ([[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]]) * [[July 13]] - [[Cameron Crowe]], American writer and film director * [[July 17]] - [[Fern Britton]], British television presenter * [[July 21]] - [[George Landress]], American songwriter, music producer and sound engineer * [[July 23]] - [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]], Dutch film director (d. [[2004]]) * [[July 26]] **<!--July 26-->[[Nana Visitor]], American actress **<!--July 26-->[[Yuen Biao]], Hong Kong actor * [[July 27]] **<!--July 27-->[[Bill Engvall]], American comedian **<!--July 27-->[[John Bolaris]], American meteorologist * [[July 29]] - [[Nellie Kim]], Russian gymnast * [[August 6]] - [[Jim McGreevey]], 52nd Governor of New Jersey * [[August 7]] - [[Alexander Dityatin]], Soviet gymnast * [[August 9]] - [[Melanie Griffith]], American actress * [[August 11]] - [[Richie Ramone]], American drummer ([[The Ramones]]) * [[August 14]] - [[Peter Costello]], Australian politician * [[August 17]] - [[Robin Cousins]], British figure skater * [[August 18]] **<!--August 18-->[[Carole Bouquet]], French actress **<!--August 18-->[[Denis Leary]], American comedian and actor * [[August 19]] - [[Li-Young Lee]], Indonesian-born poet * [[August 20]] - [[Finlay Calder]], [[Scotland|Scottish]] rugby player * [[August 22]] - [[Steve Davis]], British snooker player * [[August 24]] - [[Stephen Fry]], British comedian, author, and actor * [[August 27]] - [[Bernhard Langer]], German golfer * [[August 28]] - [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]], American actor * [[August 30]] - [[Manu Tuiasosopo]], former National Football League defensive lineman * [[August 31]] - [[Ingrid Washinawatok]], Native American activist (d. [[1999]]) ===September-October=== * [[September 1]] - [[Gloria Estefan]], Cuban-born singer * [[September 6]] - [[Tim Whitnall]], English actor and narrator * [[September 8]] - [[Ricardo Montaner]], Argentine-born Venezuelan singer * [[September 12]] - [[Rachel Ward]], British actress * [[September 13]] - [[Vinny Appice]], American drummer * [[September 16]] - [[David McCreery]], Irish footballer * [[September 21]] **<!--September 21-->[[Ethan Coen]], American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor **<!--September 21-->[[Kevin Rudd]], Australian Prime Minister * [[September 22]] - [[Nick Cave]], Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor * [[September 26]] - [[Luigi De Canio]], Italian footballer and football manager * [[September 30]] - [[Fran Drescher]], American actress * [[October 4]] - [[Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov|Alexander Tkachyov]], Soviet gymnast * [[October 5]] - [[Bernie Mac]], American stand up comedian and actor * [[October 7]] **<!--October 7-->[[Jayne Torvill]], British ice skater **<!--October 7-->[[Michael W. Smith]], American musician * [[october 8]] - [[Ewan Stewart]], Scottish actor * [[October 11]] - [[Dawn French]], British comedian * [[October 14]] - [[Kenny Neal]], American guitarist *[[October 15]] - [[Stacy Peralta]], American director and former skateboarder * [[October 18]] - [[Doug Isaacson]], Alaskan politician * [[October 21]] - [[Wolfgang Ketterle]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[October 26]] **<!--October 26-->[[Julie Dawn Cole]], British actress **<!--October 26-->[[Bob Golic]], American football player * [[October 27]] **<!--October 27-->[[Jeff East]], American actor **<!--October 27-->[[Tsai Ming-liang]], Taiwanese film director * [[October 29]] - [[Dan Castellaneta]], American voice actor - (Known among others, as the voice of [[Homer Simpson]] in [[The Simpsons]]) * [[October 30]] - [[Richard Jeni]], American comedian (d. [[2007]]) * [[October 31]] - [[Robert Pollard]], American musician ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 5]] - [[Jon-Erik Hexum]], American actor (d. [[1984]]) * [[November 6]] - [[Klaus Kleinfeld]], German business executive * [[November 7]] - [[Christopher Knight]], American actor * [[November 14]] - [[Gregg Burge]], African-American tap dancer and choreographer (d. [[1998]]) * [[November 15]] - [[Kevin Eubanks]], American jazz guitarist * [[November 17]] - [[Debbie Thrower]], British TV News Presenter ([[BBC]]) * [[November 18]] - [[Olivia Heussler]], Swiss photojournalist * [[November 24]] - [[Denise Crosby]], American actress * [[November 27]] - [[Kenny Acheson]], Irish race car driver * [[November 30]] - [[Colin Mochrie]], Scottish-born comedian * [[December 6]] - [[Thomas Brinkman]], American politician * [[December 8]] - [[Phil Collen]], British singer and guitarist ([[Def Leppard]]) * [[December 9]] - [[Donny Osmond]], American singer * [[December 10]] - [[Michael Clarke Duncan]], American actor * [[December 13]] **<!--December 13-->[[Steve Buscemi]], American actor **<!--December 13-->[[Morris Day]], American musician ([[The Time (Band)]]) * [[December 15]] - [[Laura Molina]], American artist, musician and actress * [[December 19]] - [[Kevin McHale]], American basketball player * [[December 20]] **<!--December 20-->[[Billy Bragg]], British singer **<!--December 20-->[[Joyce Hyser]], American actress **<!--December 20-->[[Anna Vissi]], Greek singer * [[December 21]] **<!--December 21-->[[Tom Henke]], baseball player **<!--December 21-->[[Ray Romano]], American actor and comedian * [[December 24]] - [[Hamid Karzai]], [[President of Afghanistan]] * [[December 25]] - [[Shane McGowan]], Irish singer and songwriter ([[The Pogues]]) * [[December 30]] - [[Matt Lauer]], American newscaster <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else who does not have a Wikipedia article to this list --> ==Deaths== === January - March === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 10]] - [[Gabriela Mistral]], Chilean writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1889]]) * [[January 14]] - [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor (b. [[1899]]) * [[January 16]] - [[Arturo Toscanini]], Italian conductor (b. [[1867]]) * [[February 1]] - [[Friedrich Paulus]], German field marshall (b. [[1890]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Walther Bothe]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1891]]) * [[February 8]] - [[John von Neumann]], Hungarian-born mathematician (b. [[1903]]) * [[February 9]] **<!--February 9-->[[Miklós Horthy]], Hungarian admiral and regent (b. [[1868]]) **<!--February 9-->[[John Axon]], British railwayman and hero (b. [[1900]]) * [[February 10]] - [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], American author (b. [[1867]]) * [[February 16]] - [[Józef Hofmann]], Polish-born pianist and composer (b. [[1876]]) * [[February 18]] - [[Henry Norris Russell]], American astronomer (b. [[1877]]) * [[February 23]] - [[Marika Ninou]], Greek singer (b. [[1918]]) * [[February 25]] - [[Bugs Moran]], American gangster (b. [[1893]]) * [[March 8]] - [[János Esterházy]], Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. [[1901]]) * [[March 11]] - [[Richard E. Byrd]], American explorer (b. [[1888]]) * [[March 14]] - [[Eugenio Castellotti]], Italian racing driver (b. [[1930]]) (car crash) * [[March 16]] - [[Constantin Brancusi]], Romanian sculptor (b. [[1876]]) * [[March 17]] - [[Ramon Magsaysay]], [[President of the Philippines]] (b. [[1907]]) * [[March 25]] - [[Max Ophüls]], German film director and writer (b. [[1902]]) * [[March 29]] - [[Joyce Cary]], Irish author (b. [[1888]]) === April - June === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[April 4]] - [[E. Herbert Norman]], Canadian diplomat (b. [[1909]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Alagappa Chettiar]], Indian philanthropist (b. [[1909]]) * [[April 15]] - [[Pedro Infante]], Mexican actor and singer (b. [[1917]]) * [[May 2]] - [[Joseph McCarthy]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1908]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Wilhelm Filchner]], German explorer (b. [[1877]]) * [[May 9]] - [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian bass (b. [[1892]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Marie Vassilieff]], Russian artist (b. [[1884]]) * [[May 16]] - [[Eliot Ness]], American Federal Bureau of Investigation agent (b. [[1903]]) * [[May 31]] - [[Leopold Staff]], Polish poet (b. [[1878]]) * [[June 1]] - [[Luisa Casati]], Italian patron of the arts (b. [[1881]]) * [[June 15]] - [[Norina Matchabelli|Princess Norina Matchabelli]], Italian perfumier (b. [[1880]]) * [[June 17]] - [[Dorothy Richardson]], English feminist writer (b. [[1873]]) * [[June 21]] - [[Johannes Stark]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1874]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Alfred Döblin]], German writer (b. [[1878]]) * [[June 27]] **<!--June 27-->[[Malcolm Lowry]], English novelist (b. [[1909]]) **<!--June 27-->[[Hermann Buhl]], Austrian mountaineer (b. [[1924]]) === July - September === * [[July 4]] - [[Judy Tyler]], American actress (b. [[1933]]) * [[July 15]] - [[Vasily Maklakov]], Russian liberal politician and parliamentary orator (b. [[1869]]) * [[July 23]] - [[Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa]], Sicilian writer (b. [[1896]]) * [[July 24]] - [[Sacha Guitry]], Russian-born playwright, actor, and director (b. [[1885]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Edith Abbott]], American social worker, educator, and author (b. [[1876]]) * [[August 5]] - [[Heinrich Otto Wieland]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1877]]) * [[August 7]] - [[Oliver Hardy]], American actor (b. [[1892]]) * [[August 16]] - [[Irving Langmuir]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]]) * [[August 19]] - [[David Bomberg]], English painter (b. [[1890]]) * [[August 20]] - [[Julio Lozano Díaz]], President of Honduras (b. [[1885]]) * [[September 1]] - [[Dennis Brain]], English French horn player (b. [[1921]]) (car crash) * [[September 9]] - [[Muhammad al-Muqri]], grand vizier of Morocco (b. ?[[1844]]) * [[September 16]] - [[Qi Baishi]], Chinese painter (b. [[1864]]) * [[September 20]] - [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer (b. [[1865]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Haakon VII of Norway]] (b. [[1872]]) * [[September 22]] - [[Toyoda Soemu]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1885]] === October - December === <!--DEATHS--> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[October 24]] - [[Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef]], South African artist (b. [[1886]]) * [[October 25]] **<!--October 25-->[[Albert Anastasia]], American gangster (b. [[1902]]) **<!--October 25-->[[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany|Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany]], Irish author (b. [[1878]]) * [[October 26]] - [[Gerty Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1896]]) * [[October 29]] - [[Louis B. Mayer]], American studio mogul (once perhaps the most powerful man in Hollywood), and former head of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM). (b. [[1885]]) * [[November 4]] **<!--November 4-->[[William Haywood (architect)|William Haywood]], British architect (b. [[1876]]) **<!--November 4-->[[Shoghi Effendi]], Bahá'í leader (b. [[1897]]) * [[November 24]] - [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter (b. [[1886]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]], Austrian composer (b. [[1897]]) * [[November 30]] - [[Beniamino Gigli]], Italian tenor (b. [[1890]]) * [[December 21]] - [[Eric Coates]], English composer (b. [[1886]]) * [[December 25]] - [[Stanley Vestal]], American writer, poet, historian (b. [[1877]]) ==Ship events== * [[List of ship launches in 1957]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1957]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1957]] ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Chen Ning Yang]], [[Tsung-Dao Lee]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Alexander R. Todd|Lord Alexander R. Todd]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Daniel Bovet]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Albert Camus]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Lester Bowles Pearson]] ==Academy Awards== *Best Picture: ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', [[Michael Todd]] *Best Director: [[George Stevens]], ''[[Giant (film)|Giant]]'' *Best Foreign Language Film: ''[[La strada (film)|La strada]]'', [[Italy]] *Best Actor: [[Yul Brynner]], ''[[The King and I (film)|The King and I]]'' *Best Actress: [[Ingrid Bergman]], ''[[Anastasia (1956 film)|Anastasia]]'' *Best Supporting Actor: [[Anthony Quinn]], ''[[Lust for Life (film)|Lust for Life]]'' *Best Supporting Actress: [[Dorothy Malone]], ''[[Written on the Wind]]'' *Best Original Screenplay: ''[[The Red Balloon]]'', [[Albert Lamorisse]] *Best Adapted Screenplay: ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', [[James Poe]] and [[John Farrow]] and [[S.J.Perelman]] *Best Motion Picture Story: ''[[The Brave One]]'', [[Dalton Trumbo]] *Best Black-and-White Cinematography: [[Joseph Ruttenberg]], ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' *Best Color Cinematography: [[Lionel Lindon]], ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' ==1957 in Film== *''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' is set in 1957. ==1957 in television== *''[[Leave it to Beaver]]'', which began in 1957, gives its viewers a glimpse of American Caucasian Suburban life in that era. However, no references to current events are ever made in the show. *''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'', another TV show, is set in 1957 but was actually produced four decades later. There are several references to current events of that year, including the launching of the first [[Sputnik]] and the removal of the Brooklyn Dodgers (which at that time included such distinguished players as [[Jackie Robinson]] and [[Pee Wee Reese]]) from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{commonscat}} ==External links== [[Category:1957| ]] [[af:1957]] [[als:1950er#1957]] [[am:1957 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1957]] [[an:1957]] [[roa-rup:1957]] [[frp:1957]] [[ast:1957]] [[av:1957]] [[az:1957]] [[bn:১৯৫৭]] [[zh-min-nan:1957 nî]] [[map-bms:1957]] [[be:1957]] [[be-x-old:1957]] [[bh:१९५७]] [[bs:1957]] [[br:1957]] [[bg:1957]] [[ca:1957]] [[cv:1957]] [[ceb:1957]] [[cs:1957]] [[co:1957]] [[cy:1957]] [[da:1957]] [[de:1957]] [[et:1957]] [[el:1957]] [[es:1957]] [[eo:1957]] [[eu:1957]] [[fa:۱۹۵۷ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1957]] [[hif:1957]] [[fr:1957]] [[fy:1957]] [[ga:1957]] [[gan:1957年]] [[gv:1957]] [[gd:1957]] [[gl:1957]] [[ko:1957년]] [[hy:1957]] [[hi:1957]] [[hr:1957.]] [[io:1957]] [[ilo:1957]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫৭]] [[id:1957]] [[ia:1957]] [[ie:1957]] [[os:1957]] [[is:1957]] [[it:1957]] [[he:1957]] [[jv:1957]] [[pam:1957]] [[kn:೧೯೫೭]] [[ka:1957]] [[csb:1957]] [[kk:1957]] [[kw:1957]] [[sw:1957]] [[ht:1957 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1957]] [[la:1957]] [[lv:1957]] [[lb:1957]] [[lt:1957 m.]] [[lij:1957]] [[lmo:1957]] [[hu:1957]] [[mk:1957]] [[mi:1957]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५७]] [[ms:1957]] [[nah:1957]] [[nl:1957]] [[ja:1957年]] [[nap:1957]] [[no:1957]] [[nn:1957]] [[nrm:1957]] [[nov:1957]] [[oc:1957]] [[uz:1957]] [[pi:१९५७]] [[nds:1957]] [[pl:1957]] [[pt:1957]] [[ty:1957]] [[ksh:Joohr 1957]] [[ro:1957]] [[ru:1957 год]] [[se:1957]] [[sq:1957]] [[scn:1957]] [[simple:1957]] [[sk:1957]] [[sl:1957]] [[sr:1957]] [[sh:1957]] [[su:1957]] [[fi:1957]] [[sv:1957]] [[tl:1957]] [[ta:1957]] [[tt:1957]] [[te:1957]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2500]] [[vi:1957]] [[tr:1957]] [[tk:1957]] [[uk:1957]] [[vec:1957]] [[wa:1957]] [[vls:1957]] [[yo:1957]] [[zh-yue:1957年]] [[cbk-zam:1957]] [[bat-smg:1957]] [[zh:1957年]]