1957

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

Events

The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil
The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China
March 10 – Floodgates of The Dalles Dam are closed inundating Celilo Falls and ancient Indian fisheries along the Columbia River in Oregon.
March 25 – Treaty of Rome
October 4 - Sputnik launched.
November 13 – Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice
November 16 – Ed Gein is arrested for killing Bernice Worden and several human corpses are found at his farm in Wisconsin

Births

January 6 – Nancy Lopez, golfer
January 7 – Nicholson Baker, novelist
January 7 – Katie Couric, television host
January 7 – Julian Solis, world champion boxer
January 11 – Robert Earl Keen, musician, singer
January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
January 15 – Julian Sands, actor
January 19 – Katey Sagal, actress, singer & writer
January 22 – Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
January 23 – Earl Falconer, bassist
January 23 – Princess Caroline of Monaco
March 10 - Osama bin Laden, Saudi militant and terrorist, former leader of al-Qaeda (1988–2011)
March 26 - Hibatullah Akhundzada, Afghan Islamic scholar and religious leader, leader of the Taliban (2016–present) and Supreme Leader of Afghanistan (2021–present)
March 26 - Heikki Miettinen, Finnish ice hockey player (d. 2024)
April 1 - Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
June 16 - The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
June 29 - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, former President of Turkmenistan (2007–2022)
July 5 - Lavie Astruc, Israeli politician and writer of Romanian origin
July 26 – Nana Visitor
September 2 - Steve Porcaro, American keyboardist (Toto)
September 22 - Nick Cave, Australian singer
October 21 - Steve Lukather, American guitarist (Toto)
October 23 - Paul Kagame, Rwandan politician and former soldier, President of Rwanda (2000–present)
October 26 - Julie Dawn Cole, British actress
November 1 - Peter Ostrum, American actor
December 21 - Ray Romano, American sports writer and actor from Everybody Loves Raymond
December 27 - Rostislav-Amir Jirka, Czech politician and Member of Parliament European

Deaths

January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (b. 1889)
January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
January 16 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
February 8 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1903)
February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and longtime Regent (b. 1868)
February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer (b. 1867)
February 18 – Henry Norris Russell, astronomer
February 25 – George "Bugs" Moran, Chicago gangster
March 11 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer
March 16 – Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
March 25 – Max Ophüls, director, writer
March 29 – Joyce Cary, writer
July 15 – George Cleveland, Canadian actor
August 7 - Oliver Norvell Hardy, American comic-entertainer
September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
October 8 – Ali La Pointe, Algerian revolutionary (b. 1930)

Movies released

New books

At Lady Molly's – Anthony Powell
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
Below the Salt – Thomas B. Costain
Blue Camellia – Frances Parkinson Keyes
By Love Possessed – James Gould Cozzens
The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss
The Comforters – Muriel Spark
Compulsion – Meyer Levin
Doomsday Morning – C. L. Moore
Eagle's Nest – Anna Kavan
Eloise in Paris – Kay Thompson
From Russia With Love – Ian Fleming
The Guns of Navarone – Alistair MacLean
Justine – Lawrence Durrell
Kids Say the Darndest Things! – Art Linkletter
La Loi – Roger Vailland
Long Day's Journey Into Night – Eugene O'Neill
On the Beach – Nevil Shute
On the Road – Jack Kerouac
Rascals in Paradise – James A. Michener
The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier
Some Came Running – James Jones
Sugar Street – Naguib Mahfouz
Voltaire in Love – Nancy Mitford
The Wapshot Chronicle – John Cheever
Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing – Robert Paul Smith

Hit songs

"All shook Up" – Elvis Presley
"An Affair To Remember" – Nat King Cole
"Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From Houseboat) – Sophia Loren
"April Love" – Pat Boone
"Around The World" – Nat King Cole
"Bernadine" – Pat Boone
"Black Slacks" – Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
"Blue Starr" – Kay Starr
"Blueberry Hill" – Fats Domino
"Butterfly" – Andy Williams
"Bye Bye Love" – Everly Brothers
"Chances Are" – Johnny Mathis
"Come Go With Me" – Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups
"Crazy Street" – Matys Brothers (some sources say 1958)
"Dark Moon" – Gale Storm
"Deep Purple" – Billy Ward & The Dominoes
"Diana" – Paul Anka
"Everyday" – Buddy Holly
"Fascination" – Nat King Cole
"Fascination" – Jane Morgan & The Troubadors
"Forbidden Fruit" – Anita Ellis
"Four Walls" – Jim Reeves
"Great Balls Of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis
"The Greater Sin" – Frankie Laine
"Gunfight At the OK Corral" – Frankie Laine
"Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" – The Tune Weavers
"Hey, Schoolgirl" – Tom and Jerry
"Honeycomb" – Jimmie Rodgers
"Hoot Owl" – Guy Mitchell
"How High The Moon" – Pat Suzuki
"I'm Sorry" – The Platters
"I'm Walkin" – Fats Domino
"I'm Walking The Floor Over You" – Georgia Gibbs
"It's Not For Me To Say" – Johnny Mathis
"Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – Jimmie Rodgers
"Last Train to San Fernando" – Johnny Duncan (huge hit in the UK)
"Little Darlin' " – Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit
"The Lonesome Road" – Frankie Laine
"Look Homeward, Angel" – Johnnie Ray
"Love Is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia
"Love Letters In The Sand" – Pat Boone
"Loving You" – Elvis Presley
"Lucille" – Little Richard
"Maman, la plus belle du monde" – Dalida
"My Special Angel" – Bobby Helms
"Not Fade Away" – Buddy Holly
"Oh Boy" – Buddy Holly
"Old Cape Cod" – Patti Page
"Party Doll" – Buddy Knox
"Peggy Sue" – Buddy Holly
"Pink Champagne" – The Tyrones
"Quand on n'a que l'amour" – Dalida
"Queen Of The Senior Prom" – The Mills Brothers
"Remember You're Mine" – Pat Boone
"Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" – Brenda Lee
"Rock And Roll Music" – Chuck Berry
"Round and Round" – Perry Como
"Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned
"Searchin' " – The Coasters
"Shangri-La" – The Four Coins
"Silent Lips" – Georgia Gibbs
"So Rare" – Jimmy Dorsey
"Stardust" – Nat King Cole
"Sugar Moon" – Pat Boone
"Sugartime" – McGuire Sisters
"Tammy" – The Ames Brothers
"Tammy" – Debbie Reynolds
"Teddy Bear" – Elvis Presley
"That'll Be The Day" – Buddy Holly
"3:10 To Yuma" – Frankie Laine
"Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" – Gayla Peevey
"Treat Me Nice" – Elvis Presley
"The Twelfth Of Never" – Johnny Mathis
"Up Above My Head" – Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine
"Wake Up Little Susie" – The Everly Brothers
"Walkin' After Midnight" – Patsy Cline
"When I Fall In Love" – Nat King Cole
"Who Needs You" – The Four Lads
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"-Jerry Lewis
"Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" – Johnny Mathis
"Why Baby, Why" – Pat Boone
"You Know How It Is" – Frankie Laine
"You Send Me" – Sam Cooke
"Young Blood" – The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'
"Young Love" – Tab Hunter

1957 Media

Flag of Ghana, the first country in colonial Africa to gain independence
Federation of Malaya gains independence from the British Empire
October 4: Sputnik program begins, the first satellite launched into space
Laika the dog became the first animal to orbit Earth.

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