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'''1957''' '''(MCMLVII)''' was a Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday of the Gregorian_calendar.
==Events==
===January-February===
* January_1 - Saarland joins West_Germany
* 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_10 - Anthony_Eden 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_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_6 - United_Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British_Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana
* 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-June===
* 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
* May_2 - Vincent_Gigante fails to Assassinate Mafioso Frank_Costello
* May_2 - Senator Joseph_McCarthy of the Red_Scare 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_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-September===
* 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_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_31 - The Federation_of_Malaya, 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_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_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-December===
* November_1 - Michigan's Mackinac_Bridge opened.
* November_3 - Sputnik_program: The Soviet_Union launches Sputnik_2. On board is the first Animal to enter space - a Dog named Laika (she was kept alive for several days in space with a sophisticated Life-support_system).
* November_7 - Cold_War: In the United_States, the Gaither_Report calls for more American missiles and Fallout_shelters.
* 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_30 - Grenade attack against Indonesian president Sukarno in Cikini_School in Jakarta. Six children killed, Sukarno survives unscathed.
* 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 US 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. http://melindalee.com/recipearchive.html?action=124&item;_id=698
===Environmental change===
* The Africanized_bee is accidentally released in Brazil
* The Asian_Flu Pandemic begins in China
==Births==
===January-February===
* 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_15 - Mario_Van_Peebles, Mexican 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_30 - Payne_Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
* February_4 - Don Davis, American composer
* 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 Cricket Captains
===March-May===
* March_5 - Ray_Suarez, American journalist
* March_10 - Osama_bin_Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist
* March_12 - Steve Harris, British bassist (Iron Maiden)
* 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_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_3 - William_Clay_Ford,_Jr., American automobile executive
* May_10 - Sid_Vicious, English bassist (Sex_Pistols) (d. 1979)
* 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-October===
* 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_26 - Nana_Visitor, American actress
* July_29 - Nelli_Kim, Russian gymnast
* August_6 - Jim_McGreevey, Governor of New Jersey
* August_7 - _Mark_Bagley, American comic book artist
* 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_1 - Gloria_Estefan, Cuban-born singer
* September_12 - Rachel_Ward, British actress
* 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
===November-December===
* November_6 - Klaus_Kleinfeld, German business executive
* November_7 - Christopher_Knight, American actor
November 9 - Spiro Agnew, American politician
* November_15 - Kevin_Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
* November_24 - Denise_Crosby, American actress
* 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 - 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_21 - Tom_Henke, baseball player
* December_21 - Ray_Romano, American actor and comedian
* December_30 - Matt_Lauer, American newscaster
===Unknown date===
*Walter_Moers, German comic artist and writer
*Eugene_Spafford, American computer scientist
==Deaths==
===January-March===
* 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_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_18 - Henry_Norris_Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
* February_25 - George "Bugs" Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
* 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, Irish author (b. 1888)
===April-June===
* 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_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-September===
* July_4 - Judy_Tyler, American actress (b. 1933)
* July_24 - Sacha_Guitry, Russian-born French playright, 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 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_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-December===
* 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_4 - Shoghi_Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í_Faith (b. 1897)
* November_4 - Laika, first Russian dog to orbit the earth
* 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)
==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
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