1957_in_the_United_States

1957 in the United States

1957 in the United States

List of events


Events from the year 1957 in the United States.

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Incumbents

Federal government

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Events

January

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, began his second term on January 20

February

March

March 26: Elvis Presley buys Graceland

April

  • April 12 Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl, printed in the United Kingdom, is seized by U.S. customs officials on the grounds of obscenity.

May

June

July

August

  • August 5 American Bandstand, a local dance show produced by WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, joins the ABC Television Network.
  • August 21 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing.
  • August 28 United States Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) sets the record for the longest filibuster with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech railing against a civil rights bill.

September

October

November

December

December 2: Shippingport Reactor goes online

Undated

  • Operation Dropshot, an all-out U.S. war with the Soviet Union, is expected to be triggered by the Soviet takeover of Western Europe, the Near East and parts of Eastern Asia, as it was anticipated in 1949.

Ongoing

Births

January

Karen Pence
Steve Harvey
Frank Miller

February

John Turturro

March

Marlon Jackson
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Spike Lee

April

Denise Nickerson

May

Joan Benoit
Ted Levine


June

Frances McDormand

July

Nana Visitor

August

Melanie Griffith
Denis Leary

September

Michael Madsen

October

Bernie Mac
Martin Luther King III

November

Denise Crosby
Caroline Kennedy

December

Michael Clarke Duncan
Ray Romano

Deaths

See also


References

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  2. Rehlaender, Jamie L. (2015-04-28). "A Howl of Free Expression: the 1957 Howl Obscenity Trial and Sexual Liberation". Young Historians Conference. Portland State University. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. King, Lydia Hailman (2007-10-03). "'Howl' obscenity prosecution still echoes 50 years later". Nashville: First Amendment Center. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  4. United States Weather Bureau; F. W. Reichelderfer (U.S. Weather Bureau); Sinclair Weeks (Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce) (1958). "Climatological Data National Summary December 1957" (PDF). Climatological Data. 8 (12). United States Department of Commerce: 527. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. "UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 7, 2019". United Press International. January 7, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019. television personality Katie Couric in 1957 (age 62)
  6. Smith, Jessie Carney (17 December 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-313-35797-8.
  7. "Keena Rothhammer". IOC. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  8. Roberts, Sam (2018-05-14). "Adam Parfrey, Publisher of the Provocative, Dies at 61". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  9. "Suzzanne Douglas". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  10. Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: the ultimate go -to guide for special days, weeks and months. Bernan Press. 2018. p. 315. ISBN 9781641432641.
  11. Fox, Kirk (23 November 2021). "Doug Jones (1957–2021), former All-Star relief pitcher". Legacy.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  12. Chawkins, Steve (January 10, 2015). "Taylor Negron dead; comedian and playwright was 57". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  13. "Marcus Lamb, anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster, dies after COVID-19 infection". knopnews2.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  14. Newman, Vicki (7 December 2021). "Music critic and Black Rock Coalition co-founder Greg Tate dies at 64". mirror. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  15. Rauf, Don (December 15, 2015). Modern-Day Serial Killers. Enslow Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9780766072992 via Google Books.
  16. "Bruno Albert Forsterer | Samoa Campaign | U.S. Marine Corps | Medal of Honor Recipient". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

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