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1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. 1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France. 1962 – Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
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.
June 1 – Three-year-old thoroughbred Gallant Man wins the Peter Pan Stakes, at Belmont Park. June 15 – Oklahoma celebrates its semi-centennial statehood. A brand new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere is buried in a time capsule (to be opened 50 years later on June 15, 2007). June 20 – 1957 Fargo Tornado starts at 7:30 pm. June 23 – Royal Ice ...
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1987, besides a tea kettle, TIPA, Dharamsala, India. In 1894, when it claimed more than a half-million "habitual users," The World Almanac changed its name to The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. This was the title it kept until 1923, when it became The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the name it bears today.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The year 1957 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn (August 12, 1923 – June 11, 2024) was an American children's writer best known for My Father's Dragon and its two sequels—collectively sometimes called the My Father's Dragon or the Elmer and the Dragons series or trilogy.
Those born under the Zodiac are often seen as caring, attentive to details and likely to follow rules. 2024 will be the year of the dragon. "A dragon in China, as a culture, it's a spirit, it's a ...
Dorothy Parker begins writing book reviews for Esquire. E. E. Cummings gains a special citation from the National Book Award Committee in the United States for his Poems, 1923–1954. [14] Malcolm Muggeridge is replaced by Bernard Hollowood as editor of the British Punch magazine. [15]