1957
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| Years : | 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 |
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[edit] 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.
- November 13 - Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice
[edit] 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
- July 26 - Nana Visitor
[edit] 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 author (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, author
- July 15 - George Cleveland, Canadian actor
[edit] Films released
- An Affair to Remember
- Aparajito
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- The Delinquents
- A Farewell to Arms
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
- Island in the Sun
- Jailhouse Rock
- Jamboree
- La Grande strada azzurra
- Le Notti di Cabiria
- Loving You
- Nights of Cabiria
- Oklahoma!
- Old Yeller
- Pal Joey
- Peyton Place
- Quatermass 2
- Sayonara
- Seven Wonders of the World
- The Seventh Seal
- The Sweet Smell of Success
- Teahouse of the August Moon
- The Ten Commandments
- The Three Faces of Eve
- Twelve Angry Men
- What's Opera, Doc?
- Young and Dangerous
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- "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 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
