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Gregorian calendar 1957

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Ab urbe condita 2710

Armenian calendar 1406

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Bahá'í calendar 113 – 114

Buddhist calendar 2501

Chinese calendar 4593/4653-12-1

(丙申年十二月初一日)

— to —

4594/4654-11-11

(丁酉年十一月十一日)

Coptic calendar 1673 – 1674

Ethiopian calendar 1949 – 1950

Hebrew calendar 5717 – 5718

Hindu calendars

- Vikram Samvat 2012 – 2013

- Shaka Samvat 1879 – 1880

- Kali Yuga 5058 – 5059

Holocene calendar 11957

Iranian calendar 1335 – 1336

Islamic calendar 1376 – 1377

Japanese calendar Shōwa 32

(昭和32年)

- Imperial Year Kōki 2617

(皇紀2617年)

Julian calendar 2002

Korean calendar 4290

Thai solar calendar 2500

Lots and lots of things happened in 1957....

Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric watch.

Wham-O Company produced the first Frisbee.

The Cavern Club opened in Liverpool.

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat was published.

Al-Qaeda Leader and known terrorist Osama Bin Laden was born

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Jimmy Hoffa

Elvis Presley bought Graceland for $100,000.

Stanley Matthews plays his final international game.

John Diefenbaker becomes Canada's thirteenth prime minister.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the very first time.

Juan Manuel Fangio, clinches his record fifth world drivers championship.

The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

The first edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road goes on sale.

David Lean's film The Bridge on the River Kwai opens.

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I.

Radio telescope of Jodrell Bank opened.

The U.S. military sustains its first combat fatality in Vietnam.

The laser is invented by Gordon Gould.

First U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, the rocket blowing up on the launch pad.

First flight of the Boeing 707 airliner.

The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil.

The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China.

Some people sadly died -

Humphrey Bogart

Arturo Toscanini

Bugs Moran

Eliot Ness

Oliver Hardy

Some other folk were born -

Princess Caroline of Monaco

Adrian Edmondson

Spike Lee

Christopher Lambert

Aki Kaurismäki

Seve Ballesteros

Daniel Day-Lewis

Jo Brand

Sid Vicious

Siouxsie Sioux

Timothy Busfield

Frances McDormand

Cameron Crowe

Fern Britton

Nana Visitor

Melanie Griffith

Richie Ramone

Denis Leary

Stephen Fry

Gloria Estefan

Nick Cave

Dawn French

Nancy Cartwright

Dan Castellaneta

Denise Crosby

Donny Osmond

Steve Buscemi

Billy Bragg

Shane McGowan

Hmmm... that's a lot of famous people

Can anyone suggest any other births of great note in that year??

It's that time of year again and our Sam is now the ripe old age of 33! Cor Blimey! And STILL an irritating C U Next Tuesday!

Spaz, you are a truly unique individual and I hope you never ever change! You deserve to be sooooooooo happy! Especially with your birthday present you lucky schmuck! I will no doubt tell you how amazing you are when we get drunk this weekend so I'll save it for then!! (And don't tell BB but you are also the most amazing person I know!!!)

Love you oodles! Lots of filing cabinets Bex xxx