What Happened in 1957

François "Papa Doc" Duvalier is Elected President of Haiti by a Vote of 1,320,748 to Zero

Magloire resigned the presidency in December, 1956, leaving Haiti to be ruled by a succession of provisional governments. Through an election... Read more

Soviet Union Launches Sputnik 2

The Soviet Union went on to launch a series of additional Sputnik satellites. Sputnik 2, for example, carried a dog into space, named Laika.... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes 4.50 from Paddington

4.50 from Paddington is detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 4 1957, and in... Read more

Pan Am's Clipper Romance Of The Skies Crashes

Pan Am Flight 7, registration N90944, Clipper Romance Of The Skies, was an around-the-world-flight originating in San Francisco that flew westbound... Read more

Aquila Airways' City of Sydney Crashes

The aircraft, an Aquila Airways Short Solent 3 flying boat named the City of Sydney, registered G-AKNU, departed Southampton Water at 22:46 on a... Read more

'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' is Published

In 1957, at the age of 53, Seuss published The Grinch, and thousands of children first discovered the story of the Whos -- an endlessly cheerful... Read more

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is Born

A year after her parents had a stillborn daughter, Caroline Kennedy was born in New York City, and is named after her maternal aunt Caroline Lee... Read more

Lise Mayer Is Born

Lise Mayer (born November 29, 1957) is a television and film writer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, and is best known as... Read more

New York City Ballet Debuts "Agon"

On December 1, 1957, the New York City Ballet debuted Agon, a collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer George Balanchine.... Read more

Lewisham Rail Crash

Owing to the disorganisation of the train services by the fog, both the trains were crowded, and it is estimated that there were nearly 1,500... Read more

"Sayonara" Is Released

Sayonara is 1957 color (Technicolor) American film. It tells the story of an American Air Force flier who was a fighter "Ace" during the Korean... Read more

Lester B. Pearson is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was a Canadian statesman, diplomat and politician who won the... Read more

John Crow Wins Heisman Trophy

Crow, despite suffering some early season injuries in 1957 that cause him to appear in only 7 games, carried the ball 129 times for 562 yards... Read more

"Paths Of Glory" Is Released

Paths of Glory (1957) is a war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. The book had no title when it was... Read more

Durmot Murnaghan Is Born

Dermot Murnaghan (born 26 December 1957) is a British journalist and television presenter. He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV... Read more