October 09, 2007

1957

1 9 5 7


Gregorian calendar 1957

MCMLVII

Ab urbe condita 2710

Armenian calendar 1406

ԹՎ ՌՆԶ

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)

- Imperial Year Kōki 2617

(皇紀2617)

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??

5 comments:

  1. Anchorman said...

    I would say Big Debs but then that would come under the disaster category! Nope! Can't think of any! HAPPY BIRTHDAY you old tart! Love you! xxx  

  2. Dame Judi said...

    Happy birthday little sister.What a fab sister and auntie and great auntie you are. I remember changing your nappies and how flatulant you were. Nothing changes.Can't beleive you are half a century old! We'll have a drink to the next half when I see you. Much love - always. xxx  

  3. Sid said...

    I thought you were fifty ages ago? Or maybe i just assumed it with all the senility and incontinence?
    What happens when you're fifty then? Do you get half a letter from the welsh version of The Queen....Is that Shirley Bassey or Catherine Zeta Jones? I can never remember!

    Happy Burpday Crazy Lady. xxx  

  4. Big Deb said...

    Sam you are a cheeky git and I shall get you.
    So I share my birth year with Osama Bin Laden and Stephen Fry........suddenly everything starts to fall into place!!
    Thank y'all - had a brill day, made special by phone messages, texts, e-mails, visits, kisses,hugs, pressies and cards and dinner out with my ole man. I wasn't looking forward to being 50 because I thought there was nothing sexy, trendy or humourous about it. But when I woke up today I doscovered that i am in fact still sexy, trendy and humourous so there must be!! Thank you all for watching me and my little show here tonight....and I love you all!
    xxxxx  

  5. The Dude said...

    But that would make her 50 years old and she doesn't look a day over 21. What's the name of her plastic surgeon, I'm sending the wife there pronto.  


 

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