1957

Year 1957 () was a (link displays the 1957 ).

January

 * joins . attack on  police barracks leads to the deaths of  and.
 * suffers the that will lead to his death a little over two weeks later.
 * - San Francisco and Los Angeles s merge to form.
 * - introduces the first electric.
 * - After 69 years the last issue of  magazine is published.
 * - becomes the first  to be   in.
 * - appears on  for the 3rd and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing "Peace In The Valley".  describes Elvis thus: "This is a real decent, fine boy. We've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you. You're thoroughly all right."
 * - resigns.
 * - becomes the.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - Company produces the first.
 * - opens in.
 * - inaugurated for second term as.
 * withdraws from the (captured from  on, ).
 * The ",", is arrested in  and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
 * - members force truck driver  to jump off a bridge into the  - he drowns as a result.
 * - The of the Park of, which was the first Planetarium in the Southern Hemisphere, is inaugurated in the city of ,.
 * - Three students on a junior high school playground in are among the eight persons killed following the mid-air collision between a  airliner and a   fighter jet in the skies above the  section of.
 * - The of the Park of, which was the first Planetarium in the Southern Hemisphere, is inaugurated in the city of ,.
 * - Three students on a junior high school playground in are among the eight persons killed following the mid-air collision between a  airliner and a   fighter jet in the skies above the  section of.

February

 * - prohibits UN involvement in.
 * - becomes foreign minister of.
 * - Yoga Instructor and master chef Jennifer Evan Schwamm is born. The "", a controversial television closedown between 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. was abolished in the

March

 * becomes Prime Minister of.
 * becomes President of the National Council of Government of.
 * forms from a merger between (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and  (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
 * '  is published.
 * - Net als toen by Corry Brokken (music by Guus Jansen, text by Willy van Hemert) wins for Netherlands
 * - colonies  and  become the independent nation of.
 * - The approves the.
 * - re-opens the.
 * Al-Qaeda Leader and known terrorist Osama Bin Laden was born
 * Floodgates of are closed inundating  and ancient Indian fisheries along the  in.
 * - The United States arrests  and charges him with
 * - President declares  in.
 * - French newspaper  reveals that the French army tortures n prisoners.
 * - (patto di ) establishes the  (EEC); see.
 * - 22-year-old buys  on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard ( South) for $100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.
 * - 's , the team's only musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in color by CBS, starring in the title role. The production is seen by millions, but this 1957 version will not be telecast again for more than forty years, when a  of it is shown. A new production, with most of the same songs, will be telecast by CBS in 1965.
 * - 22-year-old buys  on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard ( South) for $100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.
 * - 's , the team's only musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in color by CBS, starring in the title role. The production is seen by millions, but this 1957 version will not be telecast again for more than forty years, when a  of it is shown. A new production, with most of the same songs, will be telecast by CBS in 1965.

April

 * April - sells the first compiler for the  scientific.
 * - The first new s join the.
 * - First elected government of . won the elections and  became the first chief minister of united Kerala.
 * - reopens  for all shipping.
 * - announces that  will gain self rule.
 * - 's poem , printed in England, is seized by U.S. customs officials on the grounds of.
 * - suspected  found not guilty of murder at the.

May

 * - fails to.
 * -, the owner of the , agrees to move the team from , to.
 * - plays his final international game, ending an   international career of almost 23 years.
 * - becomes the new.

June

 * - First ascent of.
 * is founded.
 * Semi-centennial celebration of statehood. A brand new 1957 buried in Time Capsule to be opened 50 years later on June 15, 2007 for its Centennial celebration.
 * - becomes 's thirteenth.
 * - formed in  by merger of  and the.
 * - demolishes, killing 400 people.
 * - demolishes, killing 400 people.

July

 * July - begins.
 * - and  meet for the very first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming.
 * - 's opens in theaters.
 * - His Highness Price Karim becomes a 49th Imam of the    at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sulatan Mohammed Shah  have appointed Prince Karim in his will.
 * - Major  flies an   jet from  to  in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.
 * - becomes the first president of Tunisia.  becomes a republic.
 * - The, a high point of , kicks off in.
 * - The is established.

August

 * -, driving for , wins the , clinching (with 4 wins that season) his record fifth , including his fourth consecutive championship (also a record); these two records would endure for nearly half a.
 * - Russell Patrick Gilliam is born.
 * - Christopher Jon McAninch is born.
 * - U.S. President announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing.
 * - United States Senator (D-SC) set the record for the longest  with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech railing against a civil rights bill.
 * - The gains independence from the .,  of  becomes the first  of.

September

 * - 175 die in worst railway disaster.
 * - Publication of the.
 * -, governor of , calls out the to prevent African-American students from enrolling in  in.
 * The introduces the  on what the company proclaims as "E Day".
 * - The first edition of 's  goes on sale.
 * - opened its doors for the first time in, United States.
 * - becomes  on the death of.
 * - -winning  is released.
 * - U.S. President sends federal troops to  to provide safe passage into  for the.
 * - U.S. President sends federal troops to  to provide safe passage into  for the.

October

 * - 's film  opens in England.
 * - : The launches, the first artificial  to orbit the earth. On that same day, 's   is unveiled to the public.
 * - was sworn in as the.
 * - US President apologizes to the finance minister of, , after he was refused service in a  restaurant.
 * - of, , UK, opened. On that same day, the  of the last stage of the  rocket (carrying ) was first successfully calculated on an  computer by teams at ,.
 * - Acclaimed author, mountaineer, and surfer James Clinton Willis is born.
 * 95 die as two trains collide in.
 * The U.S. military sustains its first combat fatality in, Army Capt. Hank Cramer of the.
 * - begins its.
 * - Assassination of a boss  in a barber shop in.
 * - re-elected.
 * - begins exporting vehicles to the U.S., beginning with the  and the
 * - begins exporting vehicles to the U.S., beginning with the  and the

November

 * - The, the world's longest between  at the time, opens to traffic connecting  two.
 * - : The launches . On board is the first  to enter space - a dog named.
 * -  opens nationally and continues to gain more notoriety.
 * - : In the, the calls for more American missiles and s.
 * Invention of the by.
 * ing in the valley of  leads to the flooding also in.
 * - - The leaders of the American  meet at a convention in  at the house of . It is broken up by a curious patrolman.
 * - Plane crash in the leaves 43 dead.
 * -  murders his last victim, Bernice Worden of . Oklahoma celebrates its 50th anniversary of statehood. Notre Dame beats the Oklahoma Sooners 7-0 to end the Sooners record 47 straight college football winning streak.
 * - U.S. President has a.
 * - attack against n president  in  in . Six children are killed, Sukarno survives unscathed.
 * - attack against n president  in  in . Six children are killed, Sukarno survives unscathed.

December

 * - In, announces  of 246  businesses.
 * - in  leaves 92 dead.
 * - All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from.
 * - First attempt to launch a  fails, the  blowing up on the.
 * -  is released in the U.S. It will go on to win the for . Additional Oscars will go to  (Best Actor) and David Lean (Best Director), among others. This is Lean's first Oscar for directing.
 * - First flight of the airliner.
 * - The afternoon anthology series ' presents 's ballet ' on U.S. television for the first time.

Undated

 * founded.
 * established in the USA under the.
 * stops production of its motor car (production started in ).
 * is founded.
 * Foundation of the
 * 's new English translation of  is published in England. Starkie will later issue an abridged version.

Environmental change

 * The is accidentally released in.
 * The  begins in.

January-February

 * , Polish actress
 * , Puerto Rican actor
 * -, Television magnate
 * -, American golfer
 * , American novelist
 * , American television host
 * , Finnish ice hockey goaltender
 * , Puerto Rican boxer
 * -, American musician and singer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American director, writer, and animator
 * -, American writer
 * -, Chinese writer
 * , Mexican-born actor and director
 * , British business guru and author
 * -, American soccer coach
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, British comedian
 * -, British guitarist
 * -, Polish poet
 * -, American golfer (d. )
 * , American composer
 * , American musician and novelist
 * -, Australian actress
 * , American actress and comedian
 * , American comedian, actor, director, and producer
 * -, American singer
 * , Scottish footballer and manager
 * , American actor
 * , American singer
 * -, American game show presenter
 * -, Austrian musician (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey coach
 * , Russian athlete
 * , British guitarist
 * , American musician and producer (d. )
 * , New Zealand cricketer
 * , American singer
 * -, American game show presenter
 * -, Austrian musician (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey coach
 * , Russian athlete
 * , British guitarist
 * , American musician and producer (d. )
 * , New Zealand cricketer
 * , American musician and producer (d. )
 * , New Zealand cricketer

March-April

 * -, Canadian author
 * , NASCAR driver
 * , American journalist and winner
 * -, American journalist
 * , American composer
 * , American journalist
 * , Swedish politician
 * -, Saudi-born Islamic extremist
 * -, British bassist
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, Hungarian bassist
 * -, American film director and actor
 * -, American-born actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American child actress
 * , Finnish film director
 * , Japanese television performer and musician
 * -, Sri Lankan autism campaigner
 * -, Irish musician
 * -, Spanish golfer
 * -, American musician
 * -, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
 * -, Susan Wiley, "Genie", American
 * -, Russian businessman
 * -, American news anchor
 * -, English-born actor
 * -, Russian businessman
 * -, American news anchor
 * -, English-born actor

May-June

 * , American automobile executive
 * , English comedian
 * -, English bassist (d. )
 * , American actor
 * , Dutch actress
 * - (aka. Baltimora) Northern Irish dancer (d. )
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, German comic artist and writer
 * , American actress
 * , Lesotho academic and politician
 * -, British singer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American politician
 * -, Polish film director
 * -, American entertainer
 * -, German field hockey player
 * -, American cartoonist
 * -, Japanese architect
 * -, American musician
 * , American actor
 * , Pakistani cricketer
 * - Time traveler and physicist
 * -, Finnish actor
 * , Swedish politician (d. )
 * , rapper for ,
 * -, American actress
 * -, Finnish actor
 * , Swedish politician (d. )
 * , rapper for ,
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress

July-August

 * -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian professional wrestler
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, British singer
 * -, American writer and film director
 * -, British television presenter
 * -, American songwriter, music producer and sound engineer
 * -, Dutch film director (d. )
 * , American actress
 * , Hong Kong actor
 * , American comedian
 * , American meteorologist
 * -, Russian gymnast
 * -, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
 * , American comic book artist
 * , Soviet gymnast
 * -, American actress
 * -, American drummer
 * -, Australian Treasurer
 * -, British figure skater
 * , French actress
 * , American comedian and actor
 * -, Indonesian-born poet
 * -, rugby player
 * -, British snooker player
 * -, British comedian, author, and actor
 * -, German golfer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Native American activist (d. )
 * -, British comedian, author, and actor
 * -, German golfer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Native American activist (d. )

September-October

 * -, Cuban-born singer
 * -, Argentine-born Venezulean singer
 * -, British actress
 * -, American Drummer
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, President of Torrid (retail chain president)
 * -, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, American stand up comedian and actor
 * , British ice skater
 * , American musician
 * -, British comedian
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, American director professional skateboarder, team surfer and entrepreneur
 * -, Alaskan politician
 * -, fictional character from the movies
 * -, German physicist, laureate
 * -, American voice actress - (Known among others, as the voice of in )
 * -, American football player
 * , American actor
 * , Taiwanese film director
 * -, American voice actor - (Known among others, as the voice of in )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American musician

November-December

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, German business executive
 * -, American actor
 * -, African-American tap dancer and choreographer (d. )
 * -, American jazz guitarist
 * -, British TV News Presenter
 * -, Swiss photojournalist
 * -, American actress
 * -, Irish race car driver
 * -, Scottish-born comedian
 * -, American politician
 * -, British singer and guitarist
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * , American actor
 * , American musician
 * , French businessman
 * , British singer
 * , American actress
 * , Greek singer
 * , baseball player
 * , American actor and comedian
 * -, Irish singer and songwriter
 * -, American newscaster
 * , American actor and comedian
 * -, Irish singer and songwriter
 * -, American newscaster
 * -, American newscaster

January - March

 * -, Chilean writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Italian conductor (b. )
 * -, German field marshall (b. )
 * , German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * , Hungarian-born mathematician (b. )
 * , Hungarian admiral and regent (b. )
 * , British railwayman and hero (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. )
 * -, American astronomer (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -, American explorer (b. )
 * -, Romanian sculptor (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German film director and writer (b. )
 * -, Irish author (b. )
 * -, German film director and writer (b. )
 * -, Irish author (b. )

April - June

 * -, Canadian diplomat (b. )
 * -, Mexican actor and singer (b. )
 * -, U.S. Senator (b. )
 * -, Italian bass (b. )
 * -, Russian artist (b. )
 * -, American Federal Bureau of Investigation agent (b. )
 * -, Polish poet (b. )
 * -, English feminist writer (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * , English novelist (b. )
 * , Austrian mountaineer (b. )
 * , Austrian mountaineer (b. )

July - September

 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Russian liberal politician and parliamentary orator (b. )
 * -, Russian-born playwright, actor, and director (b. )
 * -, American social worker, educator, and author (b. )
 * -, German chemist, larueate (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English painter (b. )
 * -, English French horn player (b. )
 * -, Chinese painter (b. )
 * -, Finnish composer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Japanese admiral (b. )

October - December

 * , American gangster (b. )
 * , Irish author (b. )
 * -, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American studio mogul (once perhaps the most powerful man in Hollywood), and former head of (MGM). (b. )
 * , British architect (b. )
 * , Lebanese Bahá'í leader (b. )
 * -, Mexican painter (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Italian tenor (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, American writer, poet, historian (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, American writer, poet, historian (b. )