1957 in the United States

Events from the year 1957 in the United States.

1957
in
the United States

Decades:
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Incumbents

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Events

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January

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, began his second term on January 20

February

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March

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March 26: Elvis Presley buys Graceland

April

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  • April 12 – Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl, printed in the United Kingdom, is seized by U.S. customs officials on the grounds of obscenity.

June

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July

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August

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  • August 5 – American Bandstand, a local dance show produced by WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, joins the ABC Television Network.
  • August 21 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing.
  • August 28 – United States Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) sets the record for the longest filibuster with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech railing against a civil rights bill.

September

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October

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November

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December

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December 2: Shippingport Reactor goes online

Undated

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  • Operation Dropshot, an all-out U.S. war with the Soviet Union, is expected to be triggered by the Soviet takeover of Western Europe, the Near East and parts of Eastern Asia, as it was anticipated in 1949.

Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Karen Pence
 
Steve Harvey
 
Frank Miller

February

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John Turturro

March

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Marlon Jackson
 
Vanessa Bell Calloway
 
Spike Lee

April

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Denise Nickerson
 
Joan Benoit
 
Ted Levine


June

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Frances McDormand

July

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Nana Visitor

August

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Melanie Griffith
 
Denis Leary

September

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Michael Madsen

October

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Bernie Mac
 
Martin Luther King III

November

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Denise Crosby
 
Caroline Kennedy

December

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Michael Clarke Duncan
 
Ray Romano

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Philadelphia Police identify the "Boy in the Box" after 65 years". 8 December 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ Rehlaender, Jamie L. (2015-04-28). "A Howl of Free Expression: the 1957 Howl Obscenity Trial and Sexual Liberation". Young Historians Conference. Portland State University. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ^ King, Lydia Hailman (2007-10-03). "'Howl' obscenity prosecution still echoes 50 years later". Nashville: First Amendment Center. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  4. ^ "Derby countdown | Iron Liege, 1957".
  5. ^ United States Weather Bureau; F. W. Reichelderfer (U.S. Weather Bureau); Sinclair Weeks (Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce) (1958). "Climatological Data National Summary December 1957" (PDF). Climatological Data. 8 (12). United States Department of Commerce: 527. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 7, 2019". United Press International. January 7, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019. television personality Katie Couric in 1957 (age 62)
  7. ^ "Ralph DeLoach, Popular All-Pac-8 Defensive Star for Cal, Dies at Age 65". Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (17 December 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-313-35797-8.
  9. ^ McGuire, Holly, ed. (24 September 2019). Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-64143-316-7.
  10. ^ "Keena Rothhammer". IOC. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  11. ^ Roberts, Sam (2018-05-14). "Adam Parfrey, Publisher of the Provocative, Dies at 61". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  12. ^ "Suzzanne Douglas". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  13. ^ Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: the ultimate go -to guide for special days, weeks and months. Bernan Press. 2018. p. 315. ISBN 9781641432641.
  14. ^ Fox, Kirk (23 November 2021). "Doug Jones (1957–2021), former All-Star relief pitcher". Legacy.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  15. ^ Chawkins, Steve (January 10, 2015). "Taylor Negron dead; comedian and playwright was 57". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  16. ^ Roberts, Sam (15 November 2016). "Holly Dunn, Country Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 59". The New York Times. p. B16.
  17. ^ "Marcus Lamb, anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster, dies after COVID-19 infection". knopnews2.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  18. ^ Newman, Vicki (7 December 2021). "Music critic and Black Rock Coalition co-founder Greg Tate dies at 64". mirror. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  19. ^ Who Is Gary Gensler? SEC Chair Leading America’s Anti-Crypto Charge Once Offered to Work as Adviser to Binance
  20. ^ "Nancy Cartwright, Randy Jackson & More: This Week's Famous Post50 Birthdays". October 25, 2011.
  21. ^ "Lauren Berlant, preeminent literary scholar and cultural theorist, 1957–2021 | University of Chicago News". news.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  22. ^ Rauf, Don (December 15, 2015). Modern-Day Serial Killers. Enslow Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9780766072992 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ Steve Silberman Has Died. His Work on the Grateful Dead and David Crosby Is Eternal
  24. ^ "LAURA I. WILDER, AUTHOR, DIES AT 90; Writer of the 'Little House' Series for Children Was an Ex-Newspaper Editor Wrote First Book at 65". 12 February 1957. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via NYTimes.com.
  25. ^ "Admiral Byrd Dies at 68. Made 5 Polar Expeditions. Admiral Flew Over Both Poles and Helped Establish Antarctic as a Continent". The New York Times. October 9, 1988. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
  26. ^ "Bruno Albert Forsterer | Samoa Campaign | U.S. Marine Corps | Medal of Honor Recipient". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  27. ^ 1957 in the United States at the College Football Hall of Fame
  28. ^ Golden, Eve (2001). Golden Images: 41 Essays On Silent Film Stars. McFarland. p. 36. ISBN 0-7864-0834-0.
  29. ^ VAUGHN, HILDA
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