Year 1957 in History

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Sputnik 1 Launch

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, igniting the Space Age and the US-Soviet Space Race.

An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in one of the most famous i

An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest

Aviator Howard Hughes marries 2nd wife actress Jean Peters

South African golfer Gary Player (21) weds childhood sweetheart Vivienne Verwey, until her death in 2021

English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 2nd divorce from English actor Michael Wilding, after almost 5 years of marr

English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 2nd divorce from English actor Michael Wilding, after almost 5 years of marriage

Actor-singer Richard Harris (26) weds socialite Elizabeth Rees (20); divorce in 1969

Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, New Mexico

Mao Zedong's famous speech to the Supreme State Conference "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" expoundi

Mao Zedong's famous speech to the Supreme State Conference "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" expounding Maoist ideals

Welsh laborer Tom Woodward (later known as singer Tom Jones) (16) weds high school girlfriend Linda Trenchard (16), unt

Welsh laborer Tom Woodward (later known as singer Tom Jones) (16) weds high school girlfriend Linda Trenchard (16), until her death in 2016

Charles Van Doren finally loses on US TV game show "Twenty-One" after winning $129,000 - later revealed to be fixed

Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s.

American actor Alan Alda (21) weds American classical clarinest and photographer Arlene Weiss (24)

American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (41) and movie star Ava Gardner (32) divorce after 6 years of marriage

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.

John Lennon (16) and Paul McCartney (15) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group, the Quarrymen, perform at St. P

John Lennon (16) and Paul McCartney (15) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group, the Quarrymen, perform at St. Peter's Woolton Parish Church in Liverpool; mutual friend Ivan Vaughn introduces them

US Surgeon General Leroy Burney links smoking to lung cancer

British film director David Lean (49) divorces British actress and producer Ann Todd (48) in London, England- third time

British film director David Lean (49) divorces British actress and producer Ann Todd (48) in London, England- third time for each; after just over 8 years of marriage

"American Bandstand" premieres on network TV (ABC)

Federation of Malaya gains independence from Great Britain

The term British Malaya (Malay: Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between...

Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Little Roc

Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Little Rock Central High School

Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien (23) weds Aline Chaine (21) in Canada

Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for the Dodgers

President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to support the integration of nine Black students at Little Rock Central

President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to support the integration of nine Black students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas after a white mob forces them to withdraw

"That'll Be the Day" single by Buddy Holly and The Crickets reaches #1 in the US

"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the...

"Jailhouse Rock" single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)

"Jailhouse Rock" is a rock and roll song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley for the film of the same name. It was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

18th Venice Film Festival: Influential Indian film "Aparajito," directed by Satyajit Ray, is the first film to win both

18th Venice Film Festival: Influential Indian film "Aparajito," directed by Satyajit Ray, is the first film to win both the Golden Lion and the Critics' Award

"The Bridge on the River Kwai," directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released (Acade

"The Bridge on the River Kwai," directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1958)

Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite, into an elliptical low Earth orbit

Sputnik 1, often referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite.

A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England, becomes the world's first major nuclear accident

Montreal Canadien Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 500 goals

American crooner Bing Cosby (54) weds second wife, American actress Kathryn Grant (23), until his death in 1977

Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly Siberian Husky, the first animal to orbit the eart

Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly Siberian Husky, the first animal to orbit the earth; she dies in flight

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (23) weds Valentina Ivanovna Goryacheva

Actress Ingrid Bergman (42) divorces Roberto Rossellini after 7 years of marriage

Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential actresses in the history of...

American piano playing singer Jerry Lee Lewis (21) weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown (13) while still married to his 2nd w

American piano playing singer Jerry Lee Lewis (21) weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown (13) while still married to his 2nd wife Jane Mitcham; legalize marriage in 1958; divorce in 1970

World's first full scale nuclear power plant, for peacetime use only, begins to generate electricity at the Shippingport

World's first full scale nuclear power plant, for peacetime use only, begins to generate electricity at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania

American singing duo Steve Lawrence (22) and Eydie Gormé (29) wed at the home of casino owner Beldon Katleman in Las Veg

American singing duo Steve Lawrence (22) and Eydie Gormé (29) wed at the home of casino owner Beldon Katleman in Las Vegas, Nevada, until her death in 2013

1st electric watch, the Hamilton Electric 500, introduced by the Hamilton Watch Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

"Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)

Dodgers' Jackie Robinson announces his retirement rather than be traded to the NY Giants

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.

Algerian militant and National Liberation Front member Djamila Bouhired sets off a bomb in an Algiers cafe killing 11 ci

Algerian militant and National Liberation Front member Djamila Bouhired sets off a bomb in an Algiers cafe killing 11 civilians, precipitating the Battle of Algiers

Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR

The restoration of the Checheno-Ingush autonomy was facilitated by decrees of the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR and the RSFSR on January 9, 1957, re-establishing the Checheno-Ingush...

American plane mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed via the Gas Chamber

John "Jack" Gilbert Graham (January 23, 1932 – January 11, 1957) was an American mass murderer who, on November 1, 1955, killed 44 people aboard United Airlines Flight 629 near Longmont, Colorado,...

Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher)

Kripalu Ji Maharaj (IAST: Kṛpālu; 5 October 1922 – 15 November 2013) was an Indian spiritual guru.

Brooklyn Dodgers extend their 5-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new 3-year lease with real estate developer Marv

Brooklyn Dodgers extend their 5-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new 3-year lease with real estate developer Marvin Kratter; club moves to Los Angeles the next year

Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in Liverpool, England, home of many performances by The Beatles

9-county commission recommends creation of BART

3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min

USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

Nuclear weapons testing is the act of experimentally and deliberately firing one or more nuclear devices in a controlled manner pursuant to a military, scientific or technological goal.

Morton Gould's orchestral work "Declaration" premieres in Washington, D.C.

Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist.

KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting

Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) is accused of 30 explosions and arrested

Indian nationalist V. K. Krishna Menon begins the longest ever speech defending India's stand on Kashmir at the UN - 8 h

Indian nationalist V. K. Krishna Menon begins the longest ever speech defending India's stand on Kashmir at the UN - 8 hours over 2 days

FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR

Dutch Pacifist Socialist Party forms

The Pacifist Socialist Party (Dutch: Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij, PSP) was a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. It is one of the predecessors of GroenLinks.

Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airl

Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.

Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites

Andrei Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (18 July [O.S. 5 July] 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War.

A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people.

The Warrenton Nursing Home fire took place at the Katie Jane Memorial Home for the Aged in Warrenton, Missouri, on February 17, 1957, and killed 72 people.

Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi executed by hanging by the British colonial government

Dedan Kĩmathi Waciũri was the leader of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army during the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) against the British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s.

Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 v England, 13 wkts for match

Dodgers (Fort Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises

Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win

The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar

Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor

Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham & Jones of Great Britain

Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones is a British former ice dancer. With partner June Markham, he won the 1957 and 1958 world championship and European championship.

Gold Coast officially changes its name to Ghana ahead of its independence

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d'Ivoire to the west,...

David Diamond's 6th Symphony premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska

Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy

German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions

This is a list of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–1957. It lists infantry divisions in the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution to the reorganization of the Soviet Army in the...

Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns

Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted

WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins

MLB Cleveland Indians reject Boston Red Sox offer of $1 million for pitcher Herb Score

Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it

US Army sells its last homing pigeons

NBA modifies the free-throw rule

1st National Curling Championship held

Trial begins in Budapest against participants of the Hungarian Uprising of October 1956

Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony premieres French Radio National Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Paris

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.

Aristotle Socrates Onassis was a Greek and Argentine business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men.

Last of NY's electric trolleys completes its final run

Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule

Jim Spalding set a 2,088 pin nine-game bowling record

11th Tony Awards: "Long Day's Journey into Night" (play) & "My Fair Lady" (musical) win

The 11th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 21, 1957. The Master of Ceremonies was Bud Collyer.

Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship

KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Dickie Moore has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Bo

Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Dickie Moore has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 5-1 for a 4-1 series victory

All NL baseball teams integrate, John Irwin Kennedy becomes the 1st Black player for the Philadelphia Phillies

Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning

1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated

Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens

Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration.

WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1st military nuclear power plant dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Flevo Boys Football Club is established in Emmeloord, the Netherlands

Flevo Boys is a Dutch association football club from Emmeloord. It plays home matches at the 3,000-capacity home ground Sportpark Ervenbos.

Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show, cancelled after 4 episodes

Adolf Schärf (67) is elected President of Austria

MLB Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive by New York Yankees Gil McDougald at Municip

MLB Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive by New York Yankees Gil McDougald at Municipal Stadium; Score misses the rest of the season

1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon

Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak takes of as the second Secretary-General of NATO, succeding UK's Hastings Ismay

Adone Zoli forms Italian government

Adone Alvaro Ugo Natale Camillo Zoli was an Italian politician who served as the 35th prime minister of Italy from May 1957 to July 1958; he was the first senator to have ever held the office. A...

KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting

Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan

Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format

NL approves baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to the US west coast

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators

Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston

The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1957 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series 3-0 with two matches drawn.

Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)

Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi) north west of...

Don Bowden becomes first American to run a sub-4 minute mile (3:58.7) at the Pacific Association AAU Meet in Stockton, C

Don Bowden becomes first American to run a sub-4 minute mile (3:58.7) at the Pacific Association AAU Meet in Stockton, California

1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation

NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes

Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants

First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).

Broad Peak is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China.

12 die in a train crash in Vroman, Colorado

Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth, Massachusetts

Plymouth ( PLIM-əth; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in and the county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

42.0 cm rain falls on East St Louis, Illinois (state record)

42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record)

French offensive in Algeria

"So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaks at #2

Ellen Louks Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister

Kansas City stops using streetcars in its transit system

Streetcars in Kansas City were the primary public transit mode during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, like most North American cities.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States

Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957), along with its companion case Alberts v.

Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas

International Geophysical Year begins; 18-month scientific project lasts until Dec 31, 1958

First submarine designed to fire guided missiles is launched, the USS Grayback (SSG-574)

USS Grayback (SS APSS/LPSS-574), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback.

Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase

England cricket batsman Tom Graveney scores a brilliant 258 in the drawn 3rd Test v West Indies at Trent Bridge

Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first President to fly by helicopter

Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270

Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, killing 56

1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada

KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting

Monarchy in Tunisia is abolished in favor of a republic

Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator and president of Guatemala, is assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies

Carlos Castillo Armas (locally ['kaɾlos kas'tiʝo 'aɾmas]; 4 November 1914 – 26 July 1957) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954...

St. James' Theatre in London closes

The St. James Theatre, originally Erlanger's Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 246 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.

Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992

Ex-MLB outfielder Glen Gorbous throws a regulation baseball a record 136 m (445 ft and 10 in) in a game promotion

Lovell Telescope's first light (first astronomical image) by what was then the world's largest steerable telescope at Jo

Lovell Telescope's first light (first astronomical image) by what was then the world's largest steerable telescope at Jodrell Bank, England [1]

British offensive against Imam Ghalib bin Ali of Oman

US Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights law passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

USSR offers Syria economic and military aid

24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000 attendees)

The US performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site

The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...

Canada's first major commercial airline disaster occurs when a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashes in a thunderstorm n

Canada's first major commercial airline disaster occurs when a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashes in a thunderstorm near Québec City, killing all 79 aboard [1]

David Simons reaches 30,942 meters in the Manhigh II balloon

Amelia Wershoven sets a world record throwing a baseball 252 feet 4½ inches (76.92 meters)

NY Giants board of directors vote 8-1 to move their baseball franchise to San Francisco in 1958 [1]

Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Chicago. They play in the American League Central division.

First launch of the R-7 "Semyorka" rocket, an intercontinental ballistic missile, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

The R-7 Semyorka was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961.

US performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site

At 17, future England soccer striker Jimmy Greaves scores on his First Division debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hots

At 17, future England soccer striker Jimmy Greaves scores on his First Division debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw at White Hart Lane

Prince Souvanna Phouma forms a government in Laos with the Pathet Lao

USSR announces successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile

Hickory Smoke wins the Hambletonian Stakes

The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the...

US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring over 700, in Kendal, Jamaica

Milwaukee first baseman Frank Torre scores 6 runs to tie the MLB record; Braves rout Chicago Cubs 23-10

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.

Brooklyn Dodgers play their final game in Jersey City, a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies; 11-4 record in New Jerse

Brooklyn Dodgers play their final game in Jersey City, a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies; 11-4 record in New Jersey

Ford Motor Co. introduces the Edsel automobile range

Edsel was a division and brand of automobiles that was produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1958 to 1960 model years.

WWL TV Channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting

Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits the US

Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia

Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi) north west of...

Coup in Thailand deposes Premier Songgram

KETV TV Channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting

Electric train joins Amsterdam and Brussels

Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300,000 sales of "Bambino"

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress.

Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are the last hit at Ebbets Field

American MLB San Francisco Giants rent Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals Stadium until Candlestick Park is built

American MLB San Francisco Giants rent Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals Stadium until Candlestick Park is built in 1960

"Dollar A Second" last airs on NBC-TV

"DuPont Show of the Month" debuts on CBS-TV

DuPont Show of the Month is a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961.

French government of Mauroy resigns due to Algeria

The French Section of the Workers' International (French: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a major social democratic political party in France which was founded in 1905 and...

B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of a USSR attack

Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario

Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilas is sentenced to 7 years

Milovan Djilas was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government.

USSR performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR

Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island,...

"How to Marry a Millionaire," the first movie to become a TV sitcom, premieres

How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication and on the NTA Film Network from October 7, 1957 to August 20, 1959.

Lithuanian Jack Soble (54) is sentenced in New York City to seven years in prison on espionage charges as a Soviet spy

Great Britain conducts a nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia

Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi) north west of...

First commercial flight between California & Antarctica

German Democratic Republic recalls OstMark & issues new currency

Everly Brothers' single "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1

"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known as a recording by the Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as...

Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals franchises only, not the players

British Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip visit Williamsburg, Virginia [1]

Williamsburg Inn is a historic resort hotel located at Williamsburg, Virginia. It was built in three phases between 1937 and 1972.

Karachi A (277-0d) beats Sind A by an innings without losing a wicket

Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast

First test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3

Vanguard TV-3 (also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Three), was the first attempt of the United States to launch a satellite into orbit around the Earth, after the successful Soviet launches of Sputnik...

Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City

Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey

Mahmut Celâlettin "Celâl" Bayar (16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986) was a Turkish economist and politician who was the president of Turkey from 1950 to 1960.

WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting

Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow

KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

1st titanium mill opened at Toronto, Ohio

2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched

The Soviet space program was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Mrs. Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2½-cent soccer pool ticket

Félix Gaillard of the Radical Party becomes Prime Minister of France

Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year

John Stanley Sanford (May 18, 1929 – March 7, 2000) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

Nuclear weapons testing is the act of experimentally and deliberately firing one or more nuclear devices in a controlled manner pursuant to a military, scientific or technological goal.

NFL Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburg

NFL Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh Steelers 24-0

Demolition begins on cable car barn at California & Hyde, San Francisco

Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion

US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000

William August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), better known by the alias Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, was a Soviet intelligence officer.

American murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein kills his last victim

Boson Celtics' center Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds as Boston beats Philadelphia Warriors, 111-89 at Bosto

Boson Celtics' center Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds as Boston beats Philadelphia Warriors, 111-89 at Boston Gardens

WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, West Virginia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

Tunisia refuses Russian weapons

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia

Morton Wishengrad's dramatic play "Rope Dancers", starring Art Carney, Siobhán McKenna, and Theodore Bikel, premieres at

Morton Wishengrad's dramatic play "Rope Dancers", starring Art Carney, Siobhán McKenna, and Theodore Bikel, premieres at Cort Theatre, NYC; runs for 189 performances

Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing

James Nathaniel Brown was an American professional football player, civil rights activist, and actor.

WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting

NYC Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace baseball teams Dodgers and Giants after they relocate to the west c

NYC Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace baseball teams Dodgers and Giants after they relocate to the west coast

1st US large scale nuclear power plant for peacetime use opens, Shippingport, Pennsylvania

23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)

2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's, England)

NYC is first US city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices L

NYC is first US city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)

AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)

Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in Boston with Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony

New York Yankees Tony Kubek is selected as AL Rookie of the Year

Anthony Christopher Kubek is an American former professional baseball player and television broadcaster.

1st Japanese ambassador to Israel

Chinese physicists Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on parity laws, w

Chinese physicists Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on parity laws, which created a major breakthrough in particle research

UA Air Force Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 km/h in a modified McDonnell F-101A-5-MC Voodoo over Edwards Air Force Base,

UA Air Force Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 km/h in a modified McDonnell F-101A-5-MC Voodoo over Edwards Air Force Base, California

Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan

Sir Malik Firoz Khan Noon (7 May 1893 – 9 December 1970) was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from December 1957 until being ousted in October 1958 when...

Indonesia proclaims end to state of war

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins

Test cricket debut for all-time great Australian wicketkeeper Wally Grout and future captain and coach Bobby Simpson, 1s

Test cricket debut for all-time great Australian wicketkeeper Wally Grout and future captain and coach Bobby Simpson, 1st Test v South Africa in Johannesburg

CBS says it will not broadcast baseball games in markets where minor league games are being played

Amateur Athletic Union awards American sprinter Bobby Morrow the James E. Sullivan Award

The AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), is awarded annually to "the most outstanding athlete at the collegiate or Olympic level in the United States". The...

Famous Births

Nancy Lopez is born

Mark O'Meara is born

Mike Bossy is born

Mike Bossy, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1957-01-22.

Nick Price is born

Payne Stewart is born

Payne Stewart, American athlete, known for american golfer, was born on 1957-01-30.

Nathan Lane is born

Nathan Lane, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1957-02-03. Nathan Lane is an American actor who has been on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles.

Arsenio Hall is born

Arsenio Hall, American comedian, actor and tv host, known for american comedian, actor and tv host, was born on 1957-02-12. Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor and talk show host.

Amy Alcott is born

Amy Alcott, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1957-02-22. Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer and golf course designer.

Eddie Murray is born

Eddie Murray, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1957-02-24.

Bryan Cranston is born

Bryan Cranston, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1957-03-07. Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor.

Osama bin Laden is born

Osama bin Laden founder of al-qaeda, known for founder of al-qaeda, was born on 1957-03-10.

Dale Murphy is born

Dale Murphy, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1957-03-12.

Jamie Dimon is born

Jamie Dimon, American banker and businessman, known for american banker and businessman, was born on 1957-03-13.

Ingrid Kristiansen is born

Steve Ballmer is born

Steve Ballmer, American businessman and investor, known for american businessman and investor, was born on 1957-03-24.

Seve Ballesteros is born

Seve Ballesteros, Spanish athlete, known for spanish professional golfer, was born on 1957-04-09. Severiano Ballesteros Sota was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No.

John James is born

John James, American actor and producer, known for american actor and producer, was born on 1957-04-18.

Akio Toyoda is born

Akio Toyoda, Japanese business executive, known for japanese business executive, was born on 1957-05-03.

Sid Vicious is born

Sid Vicious, English musician, known for english bassist, was born on 1957-05-10. Simon John Ritchie (better known by his stage name Sid Vicious; 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979) was an English…

Homer Simpson is born

Sugar Ray Leonard is born

Sugar Ray Leonard, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1957-05-17. Ray Charles Leonard, better known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer.

Björn Borg is born

Björn Borg, Swedish athlete, known for swedish tennis player, was born on 1957-06-06. Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.

Ray Nagin is born

Ray Nagin politician and businessman, known for american politician and businessman, was born on 1957-06-11. Clarence Ray Nagin Jr.

Joe Montana is born

Joe Montana athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1957-06-11. Joseph Clifford Montana Jr.

Fred Funk is born

Chris Isaak is born

Tom Hanks is born

Tom Hanks, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1957-07-09. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker.

Bryan Trottier is born

Bryan Trottier, American athlete, known for canadian and american ice hockey player and coach, was born on 1957-07-17.

Mima Jausovec is born

Dorothy Hamill is born

Michael Biehn is born

Michael Biehn, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1957-07-31. Michael Connell Biehn ( BEEN or Bean; born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in…

Maureen McCormick is born

Maureen McCormick, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1957-08-05.

Kim Cattrall is born

Kim Cattrall, British actress, known for british actress, was born on 1957-08-21. Kim Victoria Cattrall is a British actress.

Paul Molitor is born

Paul Molitor, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1957-08-22.

Tsai Ing-wen is born

David Copperfield is born

Peter Šťastný is born

Peter Šťastný, Canadian athlete, known for slovak-canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1957-09-18.

Linda Hamilton is born

Linda Hamilton, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1957-09-26. Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress.

Sebastian Coe is born

Sebastian Coe, British athlete, known for british athlete and politician, was born on 1957-09-29.

Theresa May is born

Sherri Turner is born

Beth Daniel is born

Mae Jemison is born

Mae Jemison, American astronaut, doctor and engineer, known for american astronaut, doctor and engineer, was born on 1957-10-17.

Martina Navratilova is born

Martina Navratilova, American athlete, known for czech-american former tennis player, was born on 1957-10-18. Martina Navratilova is a Czech-American former professional tennis player.

Danny Boyle is born

Danny Boyle, British director and producer, known for english director and producer, was born on 1957-10-20. Daniel Francis Boyle is a British director and producer.

Rita Wilson is born

Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and producer, known for american actress, singer, and producer, was born on 1957-10-26. Margarita Wilson Hanks is an American actress, singer, and producer.

Patty Sheehan is born

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is born

Shane Gould is born

Shane Gould, Australian athlete, known for australian swimmer, was born on 1957-11-23. Shane Elizabeth Gould is an Australian former competition swimmer.

Dale Jarrett is born

Dale Jarrett, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1957-11-26. Dale Arnold Jarrett is an American former race car driver and current racing commentator for NBC.

Larry Bird is born

Larry Bird, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1957-12-07.

Notable Deaths

Bugs Moran dies

Richard E. Byrd dies

Richard E. Byrd naval officer, explorer, known for american naval officer, explorer, died on 1957-03-11. Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.

Ramon Magsaysay dies

Aga Khan III dies

Jean Sibelius dies

Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer, known for finnish composer, died on 1957-09-20. Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods.