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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 1, 1957 – An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks during Operation Harvest; two IRA volunteers killed.
• January 31, 1957 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• February 18, 1957 – Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• March 13, 1957 – Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• April 24, 1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• June 9, 1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• September 5, 1957 – On the Road, a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, is published.
• October 4, 1957 – Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
• October 10, 1957 – The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
• October 11, 1957 – Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik 1's booster rocket’s orbit.

Who Were Born On 1957?

• January 13, 1957 – Lorrie Moore, American author and academic
• February 28, 1957 – Ainsley Harriott, English chef and author
• March 16, 1957 – Matthew Bannister, English broadcaster
• March 27, 1957 – Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Associates) (d. 1997)
• March 31, 1957 – Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• May 22, 1957 – Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
• May 28, 1957 – Colin Barnes, English footballer
• July 5, 1957 – Carlo Thränhardt, German high jumper
• July 11, 1957 – Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter (Black Uhuru)
• October 2, 1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer