1957

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s  1930s  1940s  – 1950s –  1960s  1970s  1980s
Years:	1954 1955 1956 – 1957 – 1958 1959 1960

Events

• The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil
• The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China
• March 10 – Floodgates of The Dalles Dam are closed inundating Celilo Falls and ancient Indian fisheries along the Columbia River in Oregon.
• November 13 – Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice

Births

• January 6 – Nancy Lopez, golfer
• January 7 – Nicholson Baker, novelist
• January 7 – Katie Couric, television host
• January 7 – Julian Solis, world champion boxer
• January 11 – Robert Earl Keen, musician, singer
• January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
• January 15 – Julian Sands, actor
• January 19 – Katey Sagal, actress, singer & writer
• January 22 – Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
• January 23 – Earl Falconer, bassist
• January 23 – Princess Caroline of Monaco
• March 10 - Osama bin Laden, Terrorist, born in Saudi
• June 16 - The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
• July 26 – Nana Visitor
• September 22 - Nick Cave, Australian singer
• December 21 - Ray Romano, American sports writer and actor from Everybody Loves Raymond

Deaths

• January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (b. 1889)
• January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• January 16 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
• February 8 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1903)
• February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and longtime Regent (b. 1868)
• February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• February 18 – Henry Norris Russell, astronomer
• February 25 – George "Bugs" Moran, Chicago gangster
• March 11 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer
• March 16 – Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
• March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
• March 25 – Max Ophüls, director, writer
• March 29 – Joyce Cary, author
• July 15 – George Cleveland, Canadian actor
• August 7 - Oliver Norvell Hardy, American comic-entertainer
• September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)

Movies released

• An Affair to Remember
• Aparajito
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Delinquents
• A Farewell to Arms
• Friendly Persuasion
• Giant
• Hercules
• I Was a Teenage Werewolf
• Island in the Sun
• Jailhouse Rock
• Jamboree
• La Grande strada azzurra
• Le Notti di Cabiria
• Loving You
• Nights of Cabiria
• Oklahoma!
• Old Yeller
• Pal Joey
• Peyton Place
• Quatermass 2
• Sayonara
• Seven Wonders of the World
• The Seventh Seal
• The Sweet Smell of Success
• Teahouse of the August Moon
• The Ten Commandments
• The Three Faces of Eve
• Twelve Angry Men
• What's Opera, Doc?
• Young and Dangerous

New books

• At Lady Molly's – Anthony Powell
• Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
• Below the Salt – Thomas B. Costain
• Blue Camellia – Frances Parkinson Keyes
• By Love Possessed – James Gould Cozzens
• The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss
• The Comforters – Muriel Spark
• Compulsion – Meyer Levin
• Doomsday Morning – C. L. Moore
• Eagle's Nest – Anna Kavan
• Eloise in Paris – Kay Thompson
• From Russia With Love – Ian Fleming
• The Guns of Navarone – Alistair MacLean
• Justine – Lawrence Durrell
• Kids Say the Darndest Things! – Art Linkletter
• La Loi – Roger Vailland
• Long Day's Journey Into Night – Eugene O'Neill
• On the Beach – Nevil Shute
• On the Road – Jack Kerouac
• Rascals in Paradise – James A. Michener
• The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier
• Some Came Running – James Jones
• Sugar Street – Naguib Mahfouz
• Voltaire in Love – Nancy Mitford
• The Wapshot Chronicle – John Cheever
• Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing – Robert Paul Smith

Hit songs

• "All shook Up" – Elvis Presley
• "An Affair To Remember" – Nat King Cole
• "Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From Houseboat) – Sophia Loren
• "April Love" – Pat Boone
• "Around The World" – Nat King Cole
• "Bernadine" – Pat Boone
• "Black Slacks" – Joe Bennett
• "Blue Starr" – Kay Starr
• "Blueberry Hill" – Fats Domino
• "Butterfly" – Andy Williams
• "Bye Bye Love" – Everly Brothers
• "Chances Are" – Johnny Mathis
• "Come Go With Me" – Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups
• "Crazy Street" – Matys Brothers (some sources say 1958)
• "Dark Moon" – Gale Storm
• "Deep Purple" – Billy Ward & The Dominoes
• "Diana" – Paul Anka
• "Everyday" – Buddy Holly
• "Fascination" – Nat King Cole
• "Fascination" – Jane Morgan & The Troubadors
• "Forbidden Fruit" – Anita Ellis
• "Four Walls" – Jim Reeves
• "Great Balls Of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis
• "The Greater Sin" – Frankie Laine
• "Gunfight At the OK Corral" – Frankie Laine
• "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" – The Tune Weavers
• "Hey, Schoolgirl" – Tom and Jerry
• "Honeycomb" – Jimmie Rodgers
• "Hoot Owl" – Guy Mitchell
• "How High The Moon" – Pat Suzuki
• "I'm Sorry" – The Platters
• "I'm Walkin" – Fats Domino
• "I'm Walking The Floor Over You" – Georgia Gibbs
• "It's Not For Me To Say" – Johnny Mathis
• "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – Jimmie Rodgers
• "Last Train to San Fernando" – Johnny Duncan (huge hit in the UK)
• "Little Darlin' " – Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit
• "The Lonesome Road" – Frankie Laine
• "Look Homeward, Angel" – Johnnie Ray
• "Love Is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia
• "Love Letters In The Sand" – Pat Boone
• "Loving You" – Elvis Presley
• "Lucille" – Little Richard
• "Maman, la plus belle du monde" – Dalida
• "My Special Angel" – Bobby Helms
• "Not Fade Away" – Buddy Holly
• "Oh Boy" – Buddy Holly
• "Old Cape Cod" – Patti Page
• "Party Doll" – Buddy Knox
• "Peggy Sue" – Buddy Holly
• "Pink Champagne" – The Tyrones
• "Quand on n'a que l'amour" – Dalida
• "Queen Of The Senior Prom" – The Mills Brothers
• "Remember You're Mine" – Pat Boone
• "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" – Brenda Lee
• "Rock And Roll Music" – Chuck Berry
• "Round and Round" – Perry Como
• "Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned
• "Searchin' " – The Coasters
• "Shangri-La" – The Four Coins
• "Silent Lips" – Georgia Gibbs
• "So Rare" – Jimmy Dorsey
• "Stardust" – Nat King Cole
• "Sugar Moon" – Pat Boone
• "Sugartime" – McGuire Sisters
• "Tammy" – The Ames Brothers
• "Tammy" – Debbie Reynolds
• "Teddy Bear" – Elvis Presley
• "That'll Be The Day" – Buddy Holly
• "3:10 To Yuma" – Frankie Laine
• "Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" – Gayla Peevey
• "Treat Me Nice" – Elvis Presley
• "The Twelfth Of Never" – Johnny Mathis
• "Up Above My Head" – Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine
• "Wake Up Little Susie" – The Everly Brothers
• "Walkin' After Midnight" – Patsy Cline
• "When I Fall In Love" – Nat King Cole
• "Who Needs You" – The Four Lads
• "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"-Jerry Lewis
• "Witchcraft" – Frank Sinatra
• "Wonderful! Wonderful!" – Johnny Mathis
• "Why Baby, Why" – Pat Boone
• "You Know How It Is" – Frankie Laine
• "You Send Me" – Sam Cooke
• "Young Blood" – The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'
• "Young Love" – Tab Hunter