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Born : 03/10/1957 Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980)
Born : 06/16/1957 Adri van Tiggelen, soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
Born : 02/27/1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
Born : 07/16/1957 Alan Donnelly, Labour MP
Born : 09/28/1957 Alannah Currie, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor, Doctor)
Born : 08/07/1957 Aleksandr Ditiatin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born : 08/26/1957 Alex Trevino, catcher (LA Dodgers)
Born : 05/30/1957 Allison Roe, Auckland NZ, marathoner (NYC-1981)
Born : 03/23/1957 Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker)
Born : 06/18/1957 Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
Born : 08/05/1957 Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut
Born : 06/24/1957 Astro, [Terrence Wilson], British rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
Born : 04/19/1957 Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Born : 08/27/1957 Bernhard Langer, golfer
Born : 07/30/1957 Bert Oosterbosch, bicyclist
Born : 07/30/1957 Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chic Bulls)
Born : 05/19/1957 Bill Laimbeer, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons)
Born : 03/27/1957 Billy MacKenzie, rock vocalist (The Associates-Affectionate Punch)
Born : 03/19/1957 Blake Passey, horse trainer
Born : 04/19/1957 Boas Bo Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Born : 12/17/1957 Bob Ojeda, pitcher (NY Mets)
Born : 07/25/1957 Bogdan Musiol, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-bronze-1980)
Born : 10/01/1957 Brad MacDonald, race horse trainer
Born : 09/10/1957 Brian Fitzpatrick, Upper Darby Pa, actor (Rick Alden-Loving)
Born : 07/12/1957 Buddy Foster, actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD)
Born : 08/21/1957 Budgie, rocker (Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)
Born : 06/20/1957 Butch Patrick, Inglewood Calif, actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters)
Born : 01/06/1957 C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut (STS 45)
Born : 11/27/1957 Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, JFK's daughter
Born : 01/23/1957 Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, princess
Born : 12/05/1957 Charlene Morett, Darby Pa, field hockey left wing (Oly-bronze-1984)
Born : 05/30/1957 Chris Van Jaarsveld, guitarist (Sleeze Beez)
Born : 03/18/1957 Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist/astronaut candidate (Mir-1?)
Born : 01/13/1957 Christina Seufert, Sacraento Calif, diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
Born : 11/07/1957 Christopher Knight, NYC, actor (Peter-Brady Bunch)
Born : 08/20/1957 Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times
Born : 02/28/1957 Cindy Wilson, vocals/percussion (B-52's-Love Shack, Rock Lobster)
Born : 12/24/1957 Clarence Gilyard Jr, Moses Lake Wash, actor (Chips, Duck Factory)
Born : 06/15/1957 Clio Goldsmith, Paris France, actress (Gift, Heat of Desire)
Born : 02/26/1957 Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Madison Wisc, 79k cyclist (Oly-gold-1984)
Born : 02/05/1957 Craig Wilson, Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olym-silver-84, 88)
Born : 12/12/1957 Cy Curnin, rocker (The Fixx-Sign of Fire)
Born : 08/28/1957 Daniel Stern, Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years)
Born : 07/25/1957 Daniel W Bursch, Bristol PA, Lt Cmdr USN/Astronaut (Sk:STS 51)
Born : 08/19/1957 Darby Hinton, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Israel-Daniel Boone)
Born : 01/11/1957 Darryl Dawkins, NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets)
Born : 02/19/1957 Dave "Smoke" Stewart, Oakland Calif, pitcher (Oakland Athletic)
Born : 07/22/1957 Dave Steib, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
Born : 09/17/1957 David Bintley, choreographer
Born : 05/08/1957 Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born : 09/--/1957 Debi Richter, LA Calif, Miss Calif (1975)/actress (Hot Moves)
Born : 11/24/1957 Denise Crosby, Hollywood Calif, actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen)
Born : 05/01/1957 Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
Born : 08/08/1957 Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
Born : 07/31/1957 Dirk Blocker, LA Calif, actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four)
Born : 10/06/1957 Dom Galluscio, race horse trainer
Born : 02/01/1957 Donna Adamek, Duarte Calif, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81)
Born : 07/20/1957 Donna Dixon, Va, actress, Mrs Dan Ackwoyd (Couch Trip, Bossom Buddies)
Born : 12/09/1957 Donny Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
Born : 12/19/1957 Doug Johnson, rock keyboardist (Loverboy-Get Lucky)
Born : 03/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, England, 100m breast stroke swimmer (Oly-Gold-1980)
Born : 05/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, swimmer
Born : 01/26/1957 Eddie Van Halen, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
Born : 04/09/1957 Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer
Born : 05/13/1957 Eloise Broady, Houston Tx, playmate (Apr, 1988)
Born : 04/25/1957 Eric Bristow, England, dart thrower (5 World Masters titles)
Born : 04/22/1957 Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
Born : 04/15/1957 Evelyn Ashford, Shreveport LA, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
Born : 03/09/1957 Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV)
Born : 08/06/1957 Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel)
Born : 02/19/1957 Falco, [John Hoelcel], rock vocalist (Rock Me Amadeus)
Born : 09/20/1957 Fran Drescher, NYC, actress (Cadillac Man)
Born : 11/27/1957 Frank Boe˜en, singer (Frank Boe˜en Group)
Born : 01/27/1957 Frank Miller, US, comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns)
Born : 05/09/1957 Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
Born : 06/22/1957 Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
Born : 04/13/1957 Gary Kroeger, Cedar Falls Iowa, comedian (SNL)
Born : 01/21/1957 Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Mass, actress (Beetlejuice, Fly)
Born : 08/31/1957 Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed)
Born : 08/01/1957 Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10")
Born : 08/31/1957 Glenn Tilbrook, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted)
Born : 09/01/1957 Gloria Estefan, Cuba, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga, 1-2-3)
Born : 09/06/1957 Gwyn Evans, Welsh rugby player
Born : 07/27/1957 Hansi Muller, skier
Born : 03/28/1957 Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born : 09/08/1957 Heather Thomas, Greenwich Ct, actress (Jody-Fall Guy, Coed Fever)
Born : 08/27/1957 Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes
Born : 12/24/1957 Ian Burden, rocker (Human League-Only Human)
Born : 07/31/1957 Irina Nazariva, USSR, 4 X 400m relay (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born : 01/29/1957 Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
Born : 01/29/1957 Jac Bico, guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
Born : 08/14/1957 Jackee [Harry], Winston-Salem NC, actress (Sandra-227)
Born : 01/21/1957 Jacob Green, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk)
Born : 10/08/1957 James De Paiva, Hayward Calif, actor (Max Holden-One Life to Live)
Born : 04/23/1957 Jan Hooks, comedienne (SNL, Designing Women)
Born : 12/25/1957 Jan Rot, composer/writer (Verkeerde nachten)
Born : 08/21/1957 Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars)
Born : 10/05/1957 Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris' sister
Born : 11/18/1957 Jenny Burton, NYC, rocker (Nobody Loves Me Like You Do)
Born : 02/06/1957 Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time)
Born : 04/21/1957 Jesse Orosoco, baseball relief pitcher (NY Mets, LA Dodgers)
Born : 12/25/1957 Jillie Mack, Mrs Tom Selleck/actress
Born : 08/20/1957 Jim "Bullseye" Bowen, British TV game show host
Born : 11/21/1957 Jim Brown, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
Born : 06/12/1957 Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
Born : 05/16/1957 Joan Benoit, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
Born : 01/02/1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)
Born : 01/01/1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Kiss, Gorky Park)
Born : 11/10/1957 Jodi Anderson, Chicago Ill, US long jump champ (1978-81)
Born : 04/11/1957 John Castellanos, San Diego Calif, actor (John Silva-Young & Restless)
Born : 05/24/1957 John G Rowland, (Rep-R-CT, 1985- )
Born : 12/25/1957 John Rot, composer/writer (Wriggled Nights)
Born : 12/18/1957 John Webster, rocker (Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel)
Born : 03/01/1957 Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight)
Born : 07/21/1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana Calif, comedian (SNL, League of Their Own)
Born : 09/11/1957 Jon Moss, rocker (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
Born : 11/05/1957 Jon-Erik Hexum, Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up)
Born : 11/07/1957 Jonathan Palmer, formula-1 racer
Born : 12/21/1957 Joshua Mostel, NYC, actor (Delta House, At Ease)
Born : 05/21/1957 Judge Reinhold, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Born : 10/21/1957 Julian Cope, rocker (My Nation Underground)
Born : 07/15/1957 Kate Kellaway, critic
Born : 01/07/1957 Katherine Kouric, US, (political?)
Born : 11/07/1957 Kathy McMillan, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
Born : 11/19/1957 Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard (NY Stars)
Born : 02/26/1957 Keena Rothhammer, US, 800 m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born : 09/16/1957 Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1984)
Born : 07/09/1957 Kelly McGillis, Newport Beach Ca, actress (Top Gun, Accused, Witness)
Born : 12/19/1957 Kevin McHale, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
Born : 08/21/1957 Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
Born : 10/02/1957 Kimberly Herrin, Santa Barbara Calif, playmate (March, 1981)
Born : 05/28/1957 Kirk Gibson, Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
Born : 01/07/1957 Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)
Born : 10/05/1957 Larry Saumell, jockey
Born : 07/03/1957 Laura Branigan, singer (Gloria)
Born : 02/16/1957 LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, (Roots, Star Trek Next Generation)
Born : 10/05/1957 Lee Thompson, rocker (Madness)
Born : 03/26/1957 Leeza Gibbons, SC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
Born : 05/05/1957 Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan Saudia Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop)
Born : 12/21/1957 Lisa Gerritsen, LA Calif, actress (Bess-Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Born : 12/19/1957 Liz Glazowski, Chicago Ill, playmate (April, 1980)
Born : 12/06/1957 Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1980)
Born : 09/22/1957 Lynn Herring, Enid Oklahoma, actress (Lucy Coe-General Hospital)
Born : 07/09/1957 Marc Almond, English singer (Soft Cell)
Born : 03/31/1957 Marc McClure, San Mateo Calif, actor (Ross-California Fever)
Born : 09/07/1957 Margot Chapman, Hawaii, vocals (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight)
Born : 06/29/1957 Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
Born : 07/06/1957 Mario Martinez, Salinas Ca, US Olympic weightlifter (Olympic-4th-1988)
Born : 01/15/1957 Mario Van Peebles, Mexico, actor (South Bronx Heroes)
Born : 06/21/1957 Mark Brzezicki, rocker (Big Country-Wonderland)
Born : 09/22/1957 Mark Johnson, Madison WI, NHL forward (Olympic-gold-1980, Pitts, NJ)
Born : 07/30/1957 Mark Tymchyshyn, Minneapolis, actor (Gavin-As The World Turns)
Born : 03/12/1957 Marlon Jackson, singer (Jackson 5)
Born : 01/25/1957 Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate (May, 1980)
Born : 03/31/1957 Mary Cadorette, East Hartford Ct, actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd)
Born : 08/09/1957 Melanie Griffith, NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girls)
Born : 09/07/1957 Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted
Born : 03/18/1957 Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Born : 07/11/1957 Michael Rose, rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive)
Born : 01/19/1957 Mickey Virtue, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
Born : 07/02/1957 Mike Anger, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
Born : 01/22/1957 Mike Bossy, NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game
Born : 12/20/1957 Mike Watt, US bassist (Rockband Firehose)
Born : 01/06/1957 Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance Calif, pro golfer (1988 Mazda)
Born : 09/22/1957 Nick Cave, Australian singer/songwriter (Bath Seeds)
Born : 06/22/1957 Nick Santagata, jockey
Born : 11/19/1957 Otis J Anderson, NFL running back (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP)
Born : 03/15/1957 Park Overall, Tenn, actress (Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning)
Born : 04/04/1957 Paul Downton, British cricketeer
Born : 03/30/1957 Paul Reiser, NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Cross My Heart)
Born : 08/05/1957 Pavel Vinogradov, Russia, cosmonaut
Born : 03/16/1957 Pearl Moore, WBL guard (NY Stars)
Born : 07/11/1957 Pete Murphy, rocker (Love Hysteria)
Born : 04/01/1957 Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida)
Born : 12/05/1957 Phil Collen, rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
Born : 02/28/1957 Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water)
Born : 05/10/1957 Phil Mahre, US, slalom skier (Olympics-silver-1980)
Born : 02/24/1957 Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
Born : 09/12/1957 Rachel Ward, Cornwell Manor England, actress (Thorn Birds)
Born : 08/22/1957 Randy Romero, Garden City NY, jockey (Breeder's Cup 1987-89)
Born : 07/30/1957 Rat Scables, Damned, rocker
Born : 12/04/1957 Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
Born : 09/19/1957 Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Mass, US Army Capt/astronaut
Born : 04/20/1957 Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/perforner (Turn my page)
Born : 08/11/1957 Richie Ramone, rocker (Ramones-Pet Semtary)
Born : 04/29/1957 Richie Robertson, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
Born : 11/02/1957 Rita Crockett, San Antonio Tx, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born : 08/04/1957 Robert E Andrews, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
Born : 02/06/1957 Robert Townsend, actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy)
Born : 03/17/1957 Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born : 05/03/1957 Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Wash Caps)
Born : 07/06/1957 Ron Duguay, Canada, hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings)
Born : 03/21/1957 Sabrina Le Beauf, New Orleans La, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show)
Born : 04/13/1957 Saundra Santiago, Bronx NY, actress (Gina-Miami Vice)
Born : 03/24/1957 Scott J Horowitz, Phila Pa, USAF Capt/astronaut
Born : 08/27/1957 Sergei Konstantinovich Krikaljov, Russia, air acrobat/cosmonaut (Mir)
Born : 04/09/1957 Severlano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)
Born : 12/25/1957 Shane McGowan, rock vocalist (The Pogues-Red Roses For Me)
Born : 03/10/1957 Shannon Lee Tweed, St Johns NF, playmate (Nov 1981)/actr (Meatballs 3)
Born : 11/22/1957 Sharon Bailey, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
Born : 11/19/1957 Sharon Farrah, WBL guard (NY Stars)
Born : 12/12/1957 Sheila E[scovedo], disco singer (Krushgrove, Holly Rock)
Born : 03/23/1957 Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976)
Born : 09/30/1957 Sherril Migus nee Bojarski
Born : 01/31/1957 Shirley Babashoff, US, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born : 06/31/1957 Shirley F Babashoff, Whittier Calif, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
Born : 12/--/1957 Sian Adey-Jones, Ciwyd Wales, Miss Wales (1975)
Born : 05/10/1957 Sid Vicious, [John Beverly], bassist (Sex Pistols)
Born : 09/10/1957 Siobhan Fahey, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
Born : 05/27/1957 Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees)
Born : 03/20/1957 Spike Lee, director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
Born : 03/22/1957 Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (Wiz)
Born : 10/28/1957 Stephen Morris, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)
Born : 08/22/1957 Steve Davis, snooker player
Born : 05/01/1957 Steve Ferris, rocker (Mr Mister)
Born : 03/12/1957 Steve Harris, rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast)
Born : 05/10/1957 Steve Mahre, US, slalom skier (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born : 02/25/1957 Stuart "Woody" Wood, guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
Born : 05/21/1957 Sue Woodstra, Colton Ca, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born : 09/23/1957 Sylvie Garant, Montmagny Quebec, playmate (Nov, 1979)
Born : 03/23/1957 Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory)
Born : 03/20/1957 Theresa Russell,[Paup], actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge)
Born : 05/05/1957 Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
Born : 08/16/1957 Tim Farriss, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
Born : 03/05/1957 Tim Holden, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
Born : 06/12/1957 Timothy Busfield, East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
Born : 04/24/1957 Tricia Lange, Hollywood Calif, playmate (June, 1984)
Born : 02/18/1957 Vanna White, Conway SC, TV game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune)
Born : 07/31/1957 Victoria E Cooke, Hollywood Ca, playmate (Aug, 1980)
Born : 01/05/1957 Vincent Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Born : 10/17/1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose NY, actor (Apple's Way, 3 for the Road)
Born : 09/20/1957 Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1980)
Born : 05/28/1957 Walter R Tucker, (Rep-D-California)
Born : 04/13/1957 Wayne Lewis, keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
Born : 09/30/1957 William Christian, Wash DC, actor (Derek-All My Children)
Born : 05/14/1957 William G Gregory, Lockport NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut
Born : 03/30/1957 Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russia, cosmonaut
Born : 10/09/1957 Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov, cosmonaut
Born : 08/15/1957 Zeljko Ivanek, Yugoslavia, actor (Mass Appeal)




Died : 07/11/1957 Aga Khan III, leader of isma‹lieten (Indian transition), dies
Died : 01/07/1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
Died : 09/28/1957 Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies
Died : 11/26/1957 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies
Died : 06/28/1957 Alfred D”blin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78
Died : 10/28/1957 Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game
Died : 11/13/1957 Anton¡n Z potocky, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 72
Died : 01/21/1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statisician/economist, dies at 87
Died : 01/16/1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian US conductor (NBC), dies at 89 in NYC
Died : 07/21/1957 Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies
Died : 12/09/1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
Died : 04/19/1957 Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
Died : 10/24/1957 Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy
Died : 07/19/1957 Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Ital author (Kaputt), dies at 59
Died : 06/21/1957 Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68
Died : 12/17/1957 Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64
Died : 06/07/1957 Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
Died : 05/12/1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies
Died : 05/09/1957 Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies
Died : 12/03/1957 Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher dies at 81
Died : 06/21/1957 Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer, dies at 85
Died : 01/28/1957 Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88
Died : 12/25/1957 Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87
Died : 02/01/1957 Friedrich von Paul, German field marshall (Nederl./Stalingrad (66)
Died : 02/01/1957 Friedrich von Paul, German field marshall, dies at 66
Died : 11/12/1957 Fritz Schulz, German historic rights (Classical Roman Law), dies
Died : 03/31/1957 Gene Lockhart, NYC actor (Going My Way), dies at 65
Died : 07/15/1957 George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74
Died : 04/01/1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
Died : 07/08/1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
Died : 09/21/1957 Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies
Died : 03/02/1957 Harry E Soref, padlock inventor dies at 70
Died : 02/22/1957 Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72
Died : 08/01/1957 Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim
Died : 08/05/1957 Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80
Died : 10/25/1957 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect, dies at 94
Died : 02/18/1957 Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies
Died : 01/14/1957 Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57
Died : 04/22/1957 I Roy D Campbell, British writer (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54
Died : 04/22/1957 Ignatius Roy Dunnachie Campbell, poet, dies
Died : 01/20/1957 James Connolly, 1st Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE)
Died : 06/12/1957 James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53
Died : 09/20/1957 Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer, dies at 91
Died : 09/20/1957 Jean [Johan JC] Sibelius, Finnish composer (Finlandia), dies
Died : 05/08/1957 John CB "John" Sluyters, painter, dies at 75
Died : 02/04/1957 Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66
Died : 05/02/1957 Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R), dies at 47
Died : 03/29/1957 Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies
Died : 08/29/1957 Jozef Cantr‚, Flemish sculptor/wood carver, dies at 66
Died : 07/04/1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash
Died : 05/22/1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies
Died : 02/10/1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90
Died : 02/16/1957 Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit minister of Transport, dies
Died : 10/25/1957 Lord Dunsany, [Edward J M D Plunkett], author (Jorkens), dies at 79
Died : 10/29/1957 Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71
Died : 04/30/1957 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
Died : 10/03/1957 L”rinc Szab¢, Hungarian poet (Tcs”kzene), dies at 57
Died : 06/27/1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
Died : 07/15/1957 Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87
Died : 04/27/1957 Mario A Gianini, creator of maraschino cherry, dies
Died : 03/26/1957 Max Ophls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies
Died : 02/04/1957 Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies
Died : 02/09/1957 Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian regent (1920-44), dies
Died : 03/16/1957 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian communist/parliament chairman, dies
Died : 11/24/1957 Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law), dies
Died : 12/24/1957 Norma Talmadge, US actress (sign on bay), dies at 60
Died : 08/07/1957 Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65
Died : 07/20/1957 Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
Died : 03/11/1957 Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68
Died : 01/01/1957 Ruth Draper, US lecture artist, dies
Died : 07/24/1957 Sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies
Died : 07/30/1957 Sem Dresden, composer/conductor, dies
Died : 07/10/1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies
Died : 01/04/1957 Theodor K”rner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84
Died : 05/30/1957 Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies
Died : 10/25/1957 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, US gangster (Murder Inc), dies at 55
Died : 02/02/1957 Val‚ry Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75
Died : 10/19/1957 Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies
Died : 11/03/1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60
Died : 07/08/1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89




Special : 10/07/1957 "American Bandstand" premieres
Special : 08/05/1957 "American Bandstand," goes on network TV (ABC)
Special : 09/15/1957 "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premiers
Special : 01/04/1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premiers on NBC TV (later on CBS)
Special : 10/04/1957 "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
Special : 12/19/1957 "Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway
Special : 09/21/1957 "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premiers on CBS-TV
Special : 09/18/1957 "Wagon Train" premiers
Special : 06/11/1957 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo
Special : 05/15/1957 18,000 people at Madison Sq Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
Special : 05/15/1957 1st British A-bomb explosion (Christmas Island)
Special : 03/28/1957 1st National Curling Championship held
Special : 07/12/1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
Special : 12/06/1957 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
Special : 06/01/1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) [see 05051956]
Special : 02/01/1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
Special : 07/21/1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
Special : 08/01/1957 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
Special : 10/12/1957 1st coml flight between Calif & Antartica
Special : 06/04/1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
Special : 09/02/1957 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
Special : 12/04/1957 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
Special : 02/04/1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
Special : 01/03/1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
Special : 04/25/1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
Special : 12/02/1957 1st full-scale atomic electric power plant-power generated, Pa
Special : 08/21/1957 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)
Special : 05/10/1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
Special : 04/29/1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
Special : 07/19/1957 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
Special : 07/02/1957 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-Seawolf
Special : 07/02/1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
Special : 10/23/1957 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3
Special : 11/02/1957 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto Ohio
Special : 09/19/1957 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)
Special : 12/04/1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
Special : 11/04/1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
Special : 01/18/1957 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min
Special : 01/16/1957 3 B-52s leave Calif for 1st non-stop round the world flights
Special : 09/25/1957 300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
Special : 09/29/1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)
Special : 06/27/1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal La & Tx
Special : 03/15/1957 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)
Special : 06/14/1957 42.0 cm rain falls on East St Louis, Illinois (state record)
Special : 06/15/1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record)
Special : 01/17/1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
Special : 10/29/1957 A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
Special : 12/31/1957 AAU awards Bobby Morrow, James Sullivan Memorial Trophy
Special : 12/06/1957 AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)
Special : 07/09/1957 AL beats NL 6-5 in 24th All Star Game (Busch Stadium, St Louis)
Special : 10/10/1957 Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale
Special : 09/15/1957 Adenauers CDU wins parliamentary election in West-Germany
Special : 05/05/1957 Adolf Sch„rf elected president of Austria
Special : 05/19/1957 Adone Zoli forms Italian govt
Special : 05/29/1957 Algerian rebellion, kills 336 collaborators
Special : 07/06/1957 Althea Gibson became 1st black tennis player to win Wimbledon
Special : 08/18/1957 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4«")
Special : 02/15/1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
Special : 01/10/1957 Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain
Special : 06/09/1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
Special : 05/24/1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
Special : 11/19/1957 Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia
Special : 09/12/1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US
Special : 11/27/1957 Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
Special : 11/30/1957 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
Special : 04/18/1957 Asteroid #2307 discovered
Special : 04/24/1957 Asteroid #3648 discovered
Special : 10/01/1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of USSR attack
Special : 05/04/1957 Bill Shoemaker misjudges finish & loses Derby to Iron Liege
Special : 09/24/1957 Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
Special : 03/13/1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba
Special : 01/13/1957 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to All Tate
Special : 04/13/1957 Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship
Special : 10/10/1957 Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 world series
Special : 10/17/1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits White House
Special : 08/03/1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
Special : 01/09/1957 British premier Anthony Eden resigns
Special : 10/08/1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
Special : 02/25/1957 Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"
Special : 07/08/1957 CDC incorporates
Special : 01/16/1957 Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in England
Special : 01/09/1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR
Special : 08/20/1957 Chic White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0
Special : 04/15/1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
Special : 08/29/1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
Special : 10/22/1957 Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
Special : 06/10/1957 Conservative Diefenbaker wins Canadian parliamentary election
Special : 01/09/1957 Cooperation Dutch Dagbladpers publishes newspaper "The Truth"
Special : 09/16/1957 Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)
Special : 09/05/1957 Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
Special : 09/26/1957 Dag Hammarskj”ld re-elected secretary-general of UN
Special : 08/15/1957 David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
Special : 11/11/1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at Calif & Hyde (SF)
Special : 12/29/1957 Detroit Lions beat Cleve Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game
Special : 06/15/1957 Dick Mayer wins US Open golf tournament
Special : 10/17/1957 Dike Marken-continent closed
Special : 07/09/1957 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced
Special : 07/19/1957 Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7)
Special : 04/13/1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is halted
Special : 07/04/1957 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase
Special : 09/28/1957 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnel
Special : 07/15/1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die
Special : 03/05/1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland
Special : 03/22/1957 Earthquake gives SF shakes
Special : 11/16/1957 Ed Gein butchers last victim
Special : 12/25/1957 Ed Gein found insane of murder
Special : 01/05/1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
Special : 09/24/1957 Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
Special : 09/18/1957 Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels
Special : 09/01/1957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400
Special : 01/25/1957 FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR
Special : 11/06/1957 Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France
Special : 02/17/1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72
Special : 09/04/1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
Special : 01/01/1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
Special : 10/17/1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Special : 05/21/1957 French cabinet of Mollet resigns
Special : 09/30/1957 French govt of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
Special : 06/16/1957 French offensive in Algeria
Special : 11/05/1957 F‚lix Gaillard forms govt in France
Special : 05/11/1957 Gabriel Paris forms govt of Colombia
Special : 03/12/1957 German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
Special : 10/13/1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark & issues new currency
Special : 09/21/1957 German sailing school ship Pamir sails the Atlantic Ocean
Special : 03/06/1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from UK
Special : 08/01/1957 Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
Special : 12/15/1957 Goethe Link Obs discovers asteroids #1765 Wrubel & #1853 McElroy
Special : 01/20/1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
Special : 02/01/1957 G˜sbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
Special : 06/10/1957 Harold MacMillan becomes British PM
Special : 07/06/1957 Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri
Special : 07/07/1957 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast
Special : 07/29/1957 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Hurricane Jackson
Special : 08/22/1957 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in Seattle
Special : 05/07/1957 Herb Score hit in face by Gil McDougald's line drive
Special : 06/03/1957 Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
Special : 06/26/1957 Hurricane Audrey strikes Louisiana claiming 500 lives
Special : 10/17/1957 II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan
Special : 04/25/1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian govt
Special : 01/26/1957 India annexes Kashmir
Special : 12/06/1957 Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
Special : 12/21/1957 Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
Special : 03/14/1957 Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns
Special : 07/29/1957 International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN
Special : 01/01/1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
Special : 07/01/1957 International Geophysisal Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958)
Special : 07/08/1957 Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrested in Sinn-Feinleiders
Special : 01/22/1957 Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula
Special : 12/30/1957 Israeli govt of Ben Gurion, resigns
Special : 03/08/1957 Israeli troops reopen Suez Canal
Special : 05/06/1957 Italian cabinet of Segni resigns
Special : 07/29/1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers
Special : 01/05/1957 Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball
Special : 04/26/1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
Special : 12/11/1957 Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra
Special : 04/12/1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
Special : 02/28/1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
Special : 02/22/1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
Special : 06/10/1957 John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada
Special : 06/18/1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
Special : 04/20/1957 John Kelley, 1st American since 1945, wins Boston Marathon
Special : 04/10/1957 Jordanian govt of Naboelsi resigns
Special : 08/18/1957 Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46
Special : 01/09/1957 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2391 Tomita
Special : 05/22/1957 KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 06/22/1957 KC stops using streetcars in it's transit system
Special : 10/22/1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 10/07/1957 KOAC TV channel 7 in Corvallis, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/--/1957 KPLO TV channel 6 in Reliance, SD (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/21/1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/03/1957 KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/24/1957 KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 04/15/1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 03/01/1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 02/11/1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 11/01/1957 KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 12/22/1957 KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins
Special : 11/01/1957 KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, MT (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/09/1957 Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR
Special : 01/09/1957 Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
Special : 03/01/1957 Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor
Special : 05/29/1957 Laos govt of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
Special : 05/01/1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
Special : 04/14/1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
Special : 07/21/1957 Lionel Hebert wins PGA golf tournament
Special : 01/31/1957 Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)
Special : 02/02/1957 Liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd)
Special : 12/12/1957 Maj Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo
Special : 05/16/1957 Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH
Special : 05/07/1957 Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K)
Special : 09/08/1957 Mal Anderson & Althea Gibson win tennis' US Open
Special : 08/31/1957 Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain
Special : 06/29/1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party
Special : 07/16/1957 Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)
Special : 10/19/1957 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals
Special : 06/13/1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass
Special : 11/22/1957 Mickey Mantle beats Ted Williams by 1 vote for MVP
Special : 07/26/1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
Special : 10/10/1957 Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
Special : 09/02/1957 Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
Special : 07/25/1957 Monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic
Special : 11/05/1957 Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2«› soccer pool ticket
Special : 09/26/1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
Special : 03/25/1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule
Special : 11/10/1957 NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA
Special : 02/11/1957 NHL Players Association forms (NYC)
Special : 05/28/1957 NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast
Special : 09/29/1957 NY Giants play & lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
Special : 08/19/1957 NY Giants vote to move their franchise to SF in 1958
Special : 10/02/1957 NY Yankees appear in their 25th World Series
Special : 04/06/1957 NYC ends trolley car service
Special : 09/09/1957 Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited
Special : 12/30/1957 New York Giants win NFL championship
Special : 10/02/1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
Special : 03/23/1957 North Carolina wins NCAA basketball championship in 3 overtimes
Special : 09/21/1957 Olav V, becomes king of Norway
Special : 01/26/1957 PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms in Amsterdam
Special : 04/11/1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
Special : 09/29/1957 Passenger train & oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die
Special : 06/12/1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
Special : 09/08/1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
Special : 09/21/1957 Pote Sarasin forms govt in Thailand
Special : 05/17/1957 Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC)
Special : 11/25/1957 Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
Special : 08/25/1957 Prince Suvanna Phuma forms govt in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
Special : 05/06/1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
Special : 10/16/1957 Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
Special : 03/17/1957 Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash
Special : 03/22/1957 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian
Special : 10/25/1957 Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
Special : 04/11/1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically
Special : 06/23/1957 S B Nicholson discovers asteroid #1647 Menelaus
Special : 02/08/1957 SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
Special : 09/15/1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
Special : 05/17/1957 School desegregation law, Brown v Board of education
Special : 08/28/1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
Special : 12/18/1957 Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity
Special : 12/29/1957 Singers Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas
Special : 05/22/1957 South Africa govt approves race separation in universities
Special : 02/10/1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
Special : 02/13/1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
Special : 09/25/1957 Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced
Special : 10/08/1957 Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (NYC)
Special : 07/14/1957 Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270
Special : 07/27/1957 St James' Theater in London closes
Special : 08/29/1957 Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
Special : 04/09/1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
Special : 02/17/1957 Suez Canal reopens
Special : 04/10/1957 Suez canal for all ship workers reopens
Special : 06/13/1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
Special : 01/17/1957 The Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance)
Special : 03/10/1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
Special : 03/16/1957 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
Special : 03/25/1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Mkt)
Special : 04/01/1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
Special : 11/18/1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
Special : 10/08/1957 Turkish & Syrian border guards exchange fire
Special : 06/17/1957 Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
Special : 02/02/1957 UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
Special : 09/14/1957 UN resolution deplores & condemns USSR invasion of Hungary
Special : 01/30/1957 US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"
Special : 08/19/1957 US Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon
Special : 06/02/1957 US TV interviews Khrushchev
Special : 12/12/1957 US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)
Special : 03/23/1957 US army sells last homing pigeons
Special : 05/01/1957 US give Poland credit of $95 million
Special : 05/16/1957 US launches its 3rd atomic submaine, USS Skate, at Groton Conn
Special : 08/30/1957 US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
Special : 11/15/1957 US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000
Special : 12/17/1957 US successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile
Special : 07/12/1957 US surgeon gen Leroy Burney reports connection smoking & lung cancer
Special : 08/20/1957 USAAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
Special : 08/15/1957 USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
Special : 10/16/1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
Special : 08/26/1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
Special : 10/26/1957 USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
Special : 07/26/1957 USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
Special : 11/03/1957 USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
Special : 10/04/1957 USSR launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
Special : 08/08/1957 USSR offers Syria economic/military aid
Special : 05/01/1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km
Special : 10/26/1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
Special : 09/01/1957 WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 11/17/1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 11/26/1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 11/07/1957 WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast
Special : 09/01/1957 WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 11/01/1957 WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 08/05/1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
Special : 09/30/1957 WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/30/1957 WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast
Special : 10/28/1957 WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/27/1957 WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 05/28/1957 WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/27/1957 WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/01/1957 WPXI TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/01/1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
Special : 04/28/1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/23/1957 WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/01/1957 WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 03/18/1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
Special : 04/25/1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/07/1957 WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 04/01/1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/30/1957 WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/03/1957 Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
Special : 08/20/1957 White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0
Special : 06/16/1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
Special : 07/28/1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game
Special : 10/03/1957 Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin
Special : 11/01/1957 World longest suspension bridge opens (Mackinac Straits Mich)
Special : 04/01/1957 World's biggest glass oven used
Special : 04/20/1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
Special : 05/16/1957 Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade
Special : 06/15/1957 Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran
Special : 10/05/1957 Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
Special : 09/05/1957 Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officiers"

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