1957 - Events

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1957 - January. January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. January 3 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 - After 69 years the last issue of Collier's Weekly magazine is published January 5 - Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed handled the ball in test match cricket January 10 - Anthony Eden resign ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1957 in television

See also: 1956 in television, other events of 1957, 1958 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1957 in television - Events. January 6 - Elvis Presley makes final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Jack Paar becomes the permanent host for NBC's The Tonight Show. March 31 - Cinderella, starring 21-year-old Julie Andrews, and with songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, airs in color on CBS. April 1 - British current affairs progr ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is an American research station at Earth's South Pole in Antarctica. This makes it the southernmost continually inhabited place on the planet. The station's name honors Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott, who attained the South Pole in 1911 and 1912. The station was originally constructed in November 1956 to support the International Geophysical Year in 1957, and has been continuously occupied since then. It currently lies within 100 meters (330 feet) from the Geographic South Po ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - The Alexandria Quartet

The Alexandria Quartet is a tetralogy of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960. A critical and commercial success, the books present four perspectives on a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during World War II. The four novels are: Justine (1957) Balthazar (1958) Mountol ...

1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - Rite of passage

A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957), in the early part of the twentieth century. Further theories were developed in the 1960s by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other mile ...

1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1950s

1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the baby boom from returning GIs who went to college under the G.I. Bill and settled in suburban America. Most of the internal conflicts that had developed in earlie ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1956 in film

See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film 1956 in film - Events. November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. 1956 in film - Top grossing films. North America Guys and Dolls The King and I Trapeze tie High Society and I'll Cry Tomorrow ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1958 in music

See also: 1957 in music, other events of 1958, 1959 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1958 in music - Events. January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama February 14 - The Iranian government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form of music is against the concepts of Islam and also a health hazard. Iranian doctors warned of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll da ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - Bernhard Langer

Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957 in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is a German professional golfer. Bernhard Langer - Career outline. Langer turned professional in 1972 and has won many events in Europe and the United States, among them The Masters in 1985 and 1993. He was the inaugural World Number 1 when the Official World Golf Rankings were introduced in 1986, and he became a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. He was non-playing captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup tea ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - William Clay Ford Jr.

William Clay (Bill) Ford Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company. William Clay Ford Jr. - Background. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, the great-grandson of Henry Ford. His father is William Clay Ford, Sr., and his mother was Martha Parke Firestone, the granddaughter of Harvey Firestone. He graduated from Princeton University in 1979, having majored in history and served as president of The Ivy Club. In 1984 he received an SM in Management from the MIT Sloan ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1958

1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1958 - Events. 1958 - January. January 1 - Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented. January 3 - The West Indies Federation is formed. January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957). January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship. January 13 - 9235 scientists publish a plea to ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia - Boxing in the 1950s

During the 1950s, a couple of relatively new developments changed the world: World War II had only been over for five years when the decade of the 50's began, and television was beginning to make a major impact internationally. In boxing, changes connected to these developments could be seen too, as boxers who fought at the 1940s conflict returned to their homes and many of them were back in the ring. Television producers were in love with sports, which provided the viewer with an opportunity to observe sporting events life, and boxing was n ...

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1957 - Events: Encyclopedia II - 1957 in baseball - Events

1957 in baseball - January-March. 1957 in baseball - April-June. April 18 - New York Parks commisioner Robert Moses proposes a new 78-acre tract in Flushing Meadows as a site for a new National League Stadium. The plan, submitted to mayor Robert Wagner, includes a 50,000-seat stadium with a plastic dome to be built by the Parks Department. April 24 - The New York Board Of Estimates fails to act on the Moses plan as outlined by Mayor Wagner. See also:

1957 - Events: Encyclopedia II - 1957 in aviation - First flights

January January 23 – Nord 1500-02 Griffon II February February 17 - Bell X-14 March March 28 - Canadair Argus May May 16 - Saunders-Roe SR.53 July July 4 - Ilyushin Il-18 July 9 - Aviation Traders Accountant November November 6 - Fairey Rotodyne December< ...

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