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1957 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1957 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1957

• January 5, 1957 – In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• January 31, 1957 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• May 1, 1957 – Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire England.
• May 15, 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• June 9, 1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• June 27, 1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• September 4, 1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
• September 19, 1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
• October 10, 1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
• December 20, 1957 – The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

Who Were Born On 1957?

• January 12, 1957 – Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer
• February 6, 1957 – Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs
• February 28, 1957 – Ainsley Harriott, English chef and author
• March 4, 1957 – Nicholas Coleridge, English journalist and businessman
• March 20, 1957 – Theresa Russell, American actress
• March 23, 1957 – Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• July 10, 1957 – Cindy Sheehan, American activist
• October 27, 1957 – Jeff East, American actor and singer
• November 22, 1957 – Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host
• December 7, 1957 – Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant