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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

    1957
        Events
            January
            February
            March
            April
            May
            June
            July
            August
            September
            October
            November
            December
            Undated
            Environmental change
        Births
            January
            February
            March
            April
            May
            June
            July
            August
            September
            October
            November
            December
            Unknown date
        Deaths
            January
            February
            March
            April-May
            June
            July
            August
            September
            October
            November
            December
        Nobel prizes
        Ship events

Events

January

January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany. IRA attack on Brookeborough police barracks leads to the deaths of Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon.

January 1 - Legendary Italian 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 exchanges merge to form 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 dismissed handled the ball in test match cricket.

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 14 - Humphrey Bogart dies of throat cancer at age 58.

January 16 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool.

January 16 - Arturo Toscanini dies of a stroke at age 89.

January 20 - Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated for second term as President of the United States.

January 22 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they captured it from Egypt in a battle 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 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.

February

February 4 - France prohibits UN involvement in Algeria.

February 15 - Andrei Gromyko becomes foreign minister of Soviet Union.

March
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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 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 and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.

March 7 - 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.

March 13 - The FBI arrests Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery

March 14 - President Sukarno declares martial law in Indonesia.

March 20 - French newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.

March 25 - Treaty of Rome (patto di Roma) establishes the European Economic Community (EEC); see EU.

April

April 1 - The first new conscripts join the Bundeswehr.

April 5 - First elected government of Kerala. CPI 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 - 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 17 - Brecon Beacons is designated a national park.

May

May 2 - Vincent Gigante fails to assassinate mafioso Frank Costello. Senator Joseph McCarthy dies.

May 3 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.

May 15 - Stanley Matthews plays his final international game, ending an English record international career of almost 23 years.

May 16 - Paul-Henri Spaak becomes the new Secretary General of NATO.

June

June 9 - First ascent of Broad Peak.

June 15 - Eindhoven University of Technology is founded.

June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes Canada's thirteenth prime minister.

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

July - International Geophysical Year begins.

July 16 - United States Marine Major John Glenn flies an F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.

July 25 - Tunisia becomes a republic.

July 29 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.

August

August 4 - Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Maserati, wins the Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins that season) his record fifth world drivers championship, including his fourth consecutive championship (also a record); these two records would endure for nearly half a century.

August 21 - Eisenhower announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing.

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 Malaya.

September

September 4 - American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis - Orville Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the US National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in 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 went on sale.

September 21 - Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of Haakon VII.

October

October 4 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.

October 9 - Neil H. McElroy was sworn in as the 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.

October 23 - Morocco begins its 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.

November

November 1 - The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting 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 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 shelters.

November 13 – Invention of the laser by Gordon Gould.

November 13 - Flooding 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 25 - President Eisenhower has a stroke.

November 30 - Grenade attack against Indonesian president Sukarno in Cikini School in Jakarta. Six children are killed, Sukarno survives unscathed.

December

December 1 - In Indonesia, Sukarno announces nationalization of 246 Dutch businesses.

December 4 - Lewisham train disaster in UK leaves 92 dead.

December 5 - All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from Indonesia.

December 6 - First U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, the rocket blowing up on the launch pad.

Undated

Consumers' Association founded (UK).

Project Orion begins, a U.S. program to build a spacecraft powered by nuclear explosions.

Civil Rights Commission established under the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

IBM makes FORTRAN scientific programming language available to customers. It becomes the most widely used computer language for technical work.

Citroën stops production of its Traction Avant motor car (production started in 1934).

The Piña Colada was invented by Ramon Marrero, a bartender at Puerto Rico's Caribe Hilton. *

SPUR is founded

In December of that year, the CBS afternoon anthology series Seven Lively Arts presents Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker on television for the first time.

Environmental change

The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil.

The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China.

Births

January

January 6 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer

January 7 - Nicholson Baker, American novelist

January 7 - Katie Couric, American television host

January 7 - Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer

January 11 - Robert Earl Keen, American musician and singer

January 12 - John Lasseter, American director, writer, and animator

January 15 - Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-born actor and director

January 15 - Patrick Dixon, British business guru and author

January 19 - Katey Sagal, American actress, singer, and writer

January 22 - Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player

January 23 - Princess Caroline of Monaco

January 24 - Adrian Edmondson, British comedian

January 29 - Grazyna Miller, Polish poet

January 30 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)

February

February 4 - Don Davis, American composer

February 4 - Harry G. Pellegrin, American musician and novelist

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 - John Axon, British railwayman

February 9 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager

February 16 - LeVar Burton, American actor

February 16 - James Ingram, American singer

February 18 - Vanna White, American game show presenter

February 19 - Falco, Austrian musician (d. 1998)

February 27 - Viktor Markin, Russian athlete

February 28 - Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer

March

March 3 - Eric Walters, Canadian author

March 5 - Ray Suarez, American journalist

March 10 - Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist

March 12 - Steve Harris, British bassist (Iron Maiden)

March 17 - Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer

March 20 - Spike Lee, American film director and actor

March 29 - Christophe Lambert, American-born actor

March 30 - Paul Reiser, American actor

March 31 - Marc McClure, American actor

April

April 4 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director

April 4 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese television performer and musician (Rats & Star)

April 5 - Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner

April 8 - Henry Cluney, Irish musician

April 9 - Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer

April 29 - Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor

May

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 21 - Judge Reinhold, American actor

May 22 - Gary Sweet, Australian actor

May 26 - Margaret Colin, American actress

May 27 - Siouxsie Sioux, British singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)

May 28 - Kirk Gibson, baseball player

May 29 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician

June

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 10 - Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect

June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician

June 12 - Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer

June 19 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)

June 23 - Frances McDormand, American actress

June 27 - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria

July

July 2 - Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler

July 3 - Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)

July 11 - Peter Murphy, British singer (Bauhaus)

July 13 - Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director

July 17 - Fern Britton, British television presenter

July 23 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)

July 26 - Nana Visitor, American actress

July 27 - Bill Engvall, American comedian

July 29 - Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast

August

August 6 - Jim McGreevey, Governor of New Jersey

August 7 - Mark Bagley, American comic book artist

August 7 - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast

August 9 - Melanie Griffith, American actress

August 11 - Richie Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)

August 17 - Robin Cousins, British figure skater

August 18 - Carole Bouquet, French actress

August 19 - Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet

August 18 - Denis Leary, American comedian and actor

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, American actor

September

September 1 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born singer

September 12 - Rachel Ward, British actress

September 16 - David McCreery, Irish footballer

September 22 - Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor

October

October 4 - Alexander Tkachev, Soviet gymnast

October 7 - Jayne Torvill, British ice skater

October 11 - Dawn French, British comedian

October 14 - Kenny Neal, American guitarist

October 21 - Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

October 26 - Bob Golic, American football player

October 27 - Jeff East, American actor

October 31 - Robert Pollard, American musician

November

November 6 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German business executive

November 7 - Christopher Knight, American actor

November 15 - Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist

November 24 - Denise Crosby, American actress

November 27 - Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driver

November 30 - Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born comedian

December

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 - Steve Buscemi, American actor

December 13 - Morris Day, American musician (The Time (Band))

December 13 - Jean-Marie Messier, French businessman

December 20 - Billy Bragg, British singer

December 20 - Joyce Hyser, American actress

December 20 - Anna Vissi, Greek singer

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

Unknown date

Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer

Eugene Spafford, American computer scientist

Deaths

January

January 10 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)

January 16 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)

February

February 1 - Friedrich Paulus, German field marshall (b. 1890)

February 8 - Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

February 8 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (b. 1903)

February 9 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (b. 1868)

February 9 - John Axon, British railwayman and hero

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 25 - Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)

March

March 11 - Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)

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-May

April 4 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat

April 15 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)

May 2 - Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)

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

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 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (b. 1909)

June 27 - Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)

July

July 4 - Judy Tyler, American actress (b. 1933)

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

August 5 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize larueate (b. 1877)

August 7 - Oliver Hardy, American actor (b. 1892)

August 16 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

August 19 - David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)

September

September 1 - Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b. 1921)

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

October 25 - Albert Anastasia, American gangster (b. 1902)

October 25 - 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 film producer (b. 1885)

November

November 4 - William Haywood, British architect (b. 1876)

November 4 - Shoghi Effendi, Lebanese 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

December 21 - Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886)

Nobel prizes

Physics - Chen Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee

Chemistry - Lord Alexander R. Todd

Physiology or Medicine - Daniel Bovet

Literature - Albert Camus

Peace - Lester Bowles Pearson

Ship events

List of ship launches in 1957

List of ship commissionings in 1957

List of ship decommissionings in 1957

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