1957 - Births - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1957: Encyclopedia Ii - 1957 - Births
1957 - January. January 6 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer January 7 - Nicholson Baker, American novelist January 7 - Katie Couric, Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1957: Encyclopedia - 1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1957 - Events. January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Births
May 18 - 1048 to 1899. 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) 1474 - I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 12: Encyclopedia Ii - April 12 - Births
April 12 - 599 BC to 1899. 599 BC - Mahavira, Indian founder of Jainism (d. 527 BC) 812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d. 835)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reincarnation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Reincarnation
reincarnation: "Re-entering the flesh." Punarjanma; metempsychosis. The process wherein souls take on a physical body throug...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sexuality: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sexuality
sexuality: Hinduism has a healthy, unrepressed outlook on human sexuality, and sexual pleasure is part of kama, one of the four goals ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahir Ludhianvi: Encyclopedia - Sahir Ludhianvi
Sahir Ludhianvi, whose real name was Abdul Hayee (October 25, 1921-1980) was a popular Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms but mostly k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dwight York: Encyclopedia Ii - Dwight York - Quotes
“I came giving you what you wanted, so that you would want what I came to give.” “Only fools duck when the truth is thrown at them!...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Shepard: Encyclopedia - Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the first U.S. astronaut in space, though ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U Thant: Encyclopedia - U Thant
Maha Thray Sithu U Thant (January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Na...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: Astrological Perspective On Dreams
Dreams play a very important part of our subconscious guidance and will often bring messages even important warnings to us. - You shoul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Heaven: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Heaven
heaven: The celestial spheres, including the causal plane and the higher realms of the subtle plane, where souls rest and learn betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1903: Encyclopedia - 1903
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moksha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Moksha
moksha: (Sanskrit) "Liberation."   Release from transmigration, samsara, the round of births and deaths, which occurs ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Liberation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Liberation
liberation: Moksha, release from the bonds of pasha, after which the soul is liberated from samsara (the round of births and deaths). ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Birth Chart: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Birth Chart
birth chart: Janmapatrika. An astrological map of the sky drawn for a person's moment and place of birth. Also known as rashi chakra o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Varna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Varna
 - varna: The four varnas are as follows. - brahmin (brahmana): "Mature, evolved soul." Scholarly, pious souls of excep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Evolution Of The Soul: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Evolution Of The Soul
evolution of the soul: Adhyatma prasara.   In Saiva Siddhanta, the soul's evolution is a progressive unfoldment, growth and matu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karma: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Karma
karma: (Sanskrit) "Action, deed."   One of the most important principles in Hindu thought, karma refers to � &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nakshatra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nakshatra
nakshatra: (Sanskrit) "Star cluster."   Central to astrological determinations, the nakshatras are 27 starclusters, co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samskara: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Samskara
samskara: (Sanskrit) "Impression, activator; sanctification, preparation." 1)    The imprints left on the su...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samsara: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Samsara
samsara: (Sanskrit) "Flow." The phenomenal world. Transmigratory existence, fraught with impermanence and change.   Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Punarjanma: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Punarjanma
punarjanma: (Sanskrit) "Reincarnation." From punah, "again and again," and janma, "taking birth." See: r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Surya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Surya
Surya: (Sanskrit) "Sun." One of the principal Divinities of the Vedas, also prominent in the epics and Puranas. Saivites rev...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanayana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Upanayana
upanayana: (Sanskrit) "Bringing near."   A youth's formal initiation into Vedic study under a guru, traditionally as a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Simantonnayana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Simantonnayana
simantonnayana: (Sanskrit) "Hair-parting rite." See: samskaras of birth. (See also: Simantonnayana , Hinduism, Body Mind ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Punsavana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Punsavana
punsavana: (Sanskrit) "Male rite; bringing forth a male." Traditional sacrament performed during early pregnancy in prayer o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentines - Entertainment
List of Argentines - A-G. Miguel Abuelo, musician (Los Abuelos de la Nada) Ernesto Acher, musician and jazz composer Alfredo Alcón, a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Darwin's Theory: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Darwin's Theory
Darwin's theory: Theory of evolution developed by Charles Darwin (18091882) stating that plant and animal species develop or evolve fr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Incarnation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Incarnation
incarnation: From incarnate, "to be made flesh." The soul's taking on a human body. divine incarnation: The concept of avat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manu Dharma Shastra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Manu Dharma Shastra
Manu Dharma Shastra: (Sanskrit) "Sage Manu's law book."   An encyclopedic treatise of 2,685 verses on Hindu law assemb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ishtalinga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ishtalinga
Ishtalinga: (Sanskrit) "Cherished, chosen or personal mark of God." (Ishta: "sought, desired.") For Vira Saivites ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Language Acquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Language Acquisition - Summary Of Critical Period Research To Date
How children acquire native language (L1) and the relevance of this to foreign language (L2) learning has long been debated. Although evi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Pasternak: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Pasternak - Second Birth
By 1932, Pasternak strikingly reshaped his style to make it acceptable to Soviet public and printed the new collection of poems aptly ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Attenborough: Encyclopedia Ii - David Attenborough - Major Series
Foremost among Attenborough's TV documentary series are the trilogy: Life on Earth, The Living Planet and Trials of Life. These examine t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlie Chaplin - Mccarthyism
Although Chaplin had his major successes in the United States and was a resident from 1914 to 1952, he retained his British nationality. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elvis Presley: Encyclopedia Ii - Elvis Presley - Lasting Legacy
By 1957 Elvis Presley was the most famous entertainer in the world. After pioneer band leader Bill Haley spawned interest in rock and rol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dna: Encyclopedia Ii - Dna - The History Of Dna Research
The discovery that DNA was the carrier of genetic information was a process that required many earlier discoveries. The existence of DNA ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Early Life
She was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, the third child of Thomas E. LeSueur (1868-1938) and Anna Bell Johnson (1884-1958...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhumibol Adulyadej: Encyclopedia - Bhumibol Adulyadej
King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Thai: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; IPA: pʰu:mipʰon adunjadeːd) (born December 5, 192...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alban Berg: Encyclopedia - Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese Schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirk Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirk Douglas - Early Life
Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York to Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna Sanglel, poor Belarusian Jewish parents (who cam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1958 In Sports: Encyclopedia Ii - 1958 In Sports - Tennis
Davis Cup: United States wins 3-2 over Australia in world tennis. ... See also:1958 in sports, 1958 in sports - Auto Racing, 1958 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her registered name was Norma Jeane Morte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlos Menem: Encyclopedia - Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Pero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 - Nobel Prizes
1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Amartya Sen ... See also:1998, 1998 - Events, 1998 - Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilhelm Reich - Early Life And Career
Wilhelm Reich was born in Dobrzanica, a village near Lemberg, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in the Ukraine. His parents, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Adopted Children
Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four. The first was Christina (born June ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 In Baseball - Major League Baseball Final Standings
  * The asterisk denotes the club that won the Wild card for its respective league. ... See also:2003 in baseball, 2003 in baseba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 In Baseball - Champions
1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Zappa: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Zappa - Note On His Name
As his autobiography The Real Frank Zappa Book notes, his real name was "Frank", never "Francis". Until rediscovering his birth certifica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 5: Encyclopedia Ii - June 5 - Deaths
June 5 - 535 to 1899. 535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976) 1118 - R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naacp: Encyclopedia Ii - Naacp - Timeline
1909: On February 12, the National Negro Committee was formed. Founders included Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moskowitz, Mary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1977 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1977 In Baseball - Champions
1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Reggie Jackson, MVP American...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - March 6: Encyclopedia Ii - March 6 - Deaths
March 6 - 1252 to 1899. 1252 - Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) 1490 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) 1531 - Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Although she would eventually become one of the most celebrated actors in film history, Monroe's beginnings were humble. She was born in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Myung Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Myung Moon - Biography
Sun Myung Moon - Life in Korea. Sun Myung Moon was born Moon Yong-myung in Sangsa-ri, Deogun-myun, Jeongju-gun, North P'yŏng'an Provin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 In Sports: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 In Sports - Ice Skating
2004 in sports - Long track speed skating. January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary, Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Notes
Robert Oppenheimer - On Oppenheimer's first initial. The meaning of the "J" in J. Robert Oppenheimer has been the source of confusion a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E. E. Cummings: Encyclopedia Ii - E. E. Cummings - Education And Early Career
From 1911 to 1916 Cummings attended Harvard, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1915 and a Master's degree for English and Classical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supernatural: Encyclopedia - Supernatural
The supernatural (Latin: super- "exceeding" + nature) refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond the current scientific understandin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1957: Encyclopedia Ii - 1957 - Events
1957 - January. January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form Pacifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1957: Encyclopedia Ii - 1957 - Deaths
1957 - January. January 10 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American a...   » Read the article