Gein was the inspiration for Norman Bates in Psycho and Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. NYC ends trolley car service Pulitzer prize awarded to John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage. Americans Clarence W. Lillehie and Earl Bakk invent the internal pacemaker. The Little Rock Nine require federal intervention. Other events from Civil Rights in '57.
Margarine sales take the lead over butter.
Williams-Sonoma opens in San Francisco. He won't be missed. Proctor and Gamble acquired Charmin Paper Mills, a regional manufacturer of toilet tissue, towels and napkins. Dick Wilson, aka Mr. Whipple was a mere 41 years old. American will import 258,343 passenger cars.