Title: 1957 Content: 1957 (MCMLVII) was . == 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 == 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, Terrorist, born in Saudi * June 16 - The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler * 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) * 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) == 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 * "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