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15 January – Patrick Dixon, business guru and author; 16 January – Mark Pawsey, businessman and politician; 17 January – Keith Chegwin, actor and television presenter (died 2017) 22 January – Francis Wheen, English journalist and author; 24 January – Adrian Edmondson, comedian and actor; 27 January – Janick Gers, heavy metal guitarist
1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon are inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States and Vice President of the United States respectively. January 22 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut, and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
Pages in category "January 1957 events" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Girard incident; U.
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19 January – GTV-9 television station is officially opened in Melbourne. 6 May – In Melbourne Tonight, TV-Series 1957–1970 (GTV-9's first major production). Pick-A-Box, TV-Series 1957–1971 (first broadcast as a radio program in 1948) The Tarax Show, TV-Series 1957–1970 (sponsored by Tarax, a soft drink bottling company from Melbourne.
The Girard incident (ジラード事件, Jirādo jiken) was the killing of Japanese civilian Naka Sakai by United States Army soldier William S. Girard in Soma, Gunma Prefecture on January 30, 1957. Sakai, a housewife who was collecting spent shell casings at a military base to sell for scrap, was killed when Girard shot an empty grenade ...
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