# 1957

1957 in other calendars| Gregorian calendar | 1957 *MCMLVII* |
| Ab urbe condita | 2710 |
| Armenian calendar | 1406 ԹՎ ՌՆԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6707 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 113–114 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1878–1879 |
| Bengali calendar | 1364 |
| Berber calendar | 2907 |
| British Regnal year | 5 Eliz. 2 – 6 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2501 |
| Burmese calendar | 1319 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7465–7466 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4653 or 4593     *— to —* 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4654 or 4594 |
| Coptic calendar | 1673–1674 |
| Discordian calendar | 3123 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1949–1950 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5717–5718 |
| Hindu calendars |  |
|  - *Vikram Samvat* | 2013–2014 |
|  - *Shaka Samvat* | 1878–1879 |
|  - *Kali Yuga* | 5057–5058 |
| Holocene calendar | 11957 |
| Igbo calendar | 957–958 |
| Iranian calendar | 1335–1336 |
| Islamic calendar | 1376–1377 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 32 (昭和３２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1888–1889 |
| Juche calendar | 46 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4290 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 46 民國46年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 489 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2500 |
| Tibetan calendar | མེ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Monkey) 2083 or 1702 or 930     *— to —* མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Bird) 2084 or 1703 or 931 |

**1957** (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.

## 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.
* March 25 – Treaty of Rome
* October 4 - Sputnik launched.
* November 13 – Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice
* November 16 – Ed Gein is arrested for killing Bernice Worden and several human corpses are found at his farm in Wisconsin

## 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
* March 10 - Osama bin Laden, Saudi militant and terrorist, former leader of al-Qaeda (1988–2011)
* March 26 - Hibatullah Akhundzada, Afghan Islamic scholar and religious leader, leader of the Taliban (2016–present) and Supreme Leader of Afghanistan (2021–present)
* March 26 - Heikki Miettinen, Finnish ice hockey player (d. 2024)
* April 1 - Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
* June 16 - The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
* June 29 - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, former President of Turkmenistan (2007–2022)
* July 5 - Lavie Astruc, Israeli politician and writer of Romanian origin
* July 26 – Nana Visitor
* September 2 - Steve Porcaro, American keyboardist (Toto)
* September 22 - Nick Cave, Australian singer
* October 21 - Steve Lukather, American guitarist (Toto)
* October 23 - Paul Kagame, Rwandan politician and former soldier, President of Rwanda (2000–present)
* October 26 - Julie Dawn Cole, British actress
* November 1 - Peter Ostrum, American actor
* December 21 - Ray Romano, American sports writer and actor from Everybody Loves Raymond
* December 27 - Rostislav-Amir Jirka, Czech politician and Member of Parliament European

## 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 writer (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, writer
* July 15 – George Cleveland, Canadian actor
* August 7 - Oliver Norvell Hardy, American comic-entertainer
* September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
* October 8 – Ali La Pointe, Algerian revolutionary (b. 1930)

## Movies released

* *An Affair to Remember*
* *Aparajito*
* *The Bridge on the River Kwai*
* *The Delinquents*
* *A Farewell to Arms*
* *Friendly Persuasion*
* *Giant*
* *Hercules*
* *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*

## 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

## 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 & The Sparkletones
* "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 Is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia
* "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