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1957 (''' MCMLVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday of the Gregorian Calendar .


EVENTS


January

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


• s merge to form Pacific Coast Stock Exchange .


• introduces the first electric Watch


• '' magazine is published


• becomes the first Batsman to be Dismissed '' Handled The Ball '' in Test Match Cricket .


• resigns - 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 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.

February

• February 4 - France prohibits UN involvement in Algeria


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

March

, 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 6 - United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana .


• 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 Algeria n prisoners


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

April

• April 1 - The first new Conscript s 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


• is designated a national park.

May

• fails to Assassinate Mafioso Frank Costello . Senator Joseph McCarthy dies.


• , 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 .


• announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing.


• , which does not include Singapore , 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 Malaysia .

September

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

October

• 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 - Michigan 's Mackinac Bridge opened.


• 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.


• , the Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and Fallout Shelter s.


• 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 .


• 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

• 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 satellite 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. {Link without Title}

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 and Founder of Pixar


• January 15 - Mario Van Peebles , Afro-American-German actor and director


• 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 poetess


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

February

• February 2 - Michael Massarik , American motion picture producer


• February 4 - Don Davis , American composer


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


• 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 GC, British railwayman


• 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 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 , Anglo-Irish actor

May

• May 3 - William Clay Ford, Jr. , American automobile executive


• 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 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 one class authorized architect and builder


• June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma , American musician


• June 12 - Javed Miandad , Pakistani cricketer


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


• July 13 - Cameron Crowe , American writer and film director


• June 13 - Frances McDormand , American actress


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

July

• July 2 - Bret Hart , Canadian wrestler of the WWE and WCW


• July 17 - Fern Britton , British television presenter


• July 26 - Nana Visitor , American actress


• 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 18 - Carole Bouquet , French actress


• August 18 - Denis Leary , American comedian and actor


• 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 , Northern Irish footballer

October

• October 4 - Alexander Tkachev , Soviet gymnast


• October 11 - Dawn French , British comedienne


• 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 , Northern Irish racecar 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 , Afghan president


• December 30 - Matt Lauer , American newscaster

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• 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 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 10 - Laura Ingalls Wilder , American author (b. 1867 )


• February 16 - Józef Hofmann , Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876 )


• February 18 - Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer (b. 1877 )


• February 25 - George "Bugs" Moran , American gangster (b. 1893 )

March

• March 11 - Admiral 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 , Northern Irish author (b. 1888 )

April-May

• 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 )

July

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


• July 24 - Sacha Guitry , Russian-born French 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 )


• October 29 (presumably) - Rosemarie Nitribitt , German call girl (b. 1933 )

November

• 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

• 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