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List of events
Events from the year 1957 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : Jim Folsom (Democratic )
Governor of Arizona : Ernest McFarland (Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas : Orval Faubus (Democratic )
Governor of California : Goodwin Knight (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic ) (until January 8), Stephen L. R. McNichols (Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Connecticut : Abraham A. Ribicoff (Democratic )
Governor of Delaware : J. Caleb Boggs (Republican )
Governor of Florida : LeRoy Collins (Democratic )
Governor of Georgia : Marvin Griffin (Democratic )
Governor of Idaho : Robert E. Smylie (Republican )
Governor of Illinois : William G. Stratton (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : George N. Craig (Republican ) (until January 14), Harold W. Handley (Republican ) (starting January 14)
Governor of Iowa : Leo A. Hoegh (Republican ) (until January 17), Herschel C. Loveless (Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Kansas :
Governor of Kentucky : Happy Chandler (Democratic )
Governor of Louisiana : Earl K. Long (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Edmund Muskie (Democratic )
Governor of Maryland : Theodore R. McKeldin (Republican )
Governor of Massachusetts : Christian A. Herter (Republican ) (until January 3), Foster Furcolo (Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Michigan : G. Mennen Williams (Democratic )
Governor of Minnesota : Orville L. Freeman (Democratic )
Governor of Mississippi : James P. Coleman (Democratic )
Governor of Missouri : Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic ) (until January 14), James T. Blair, Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Governor of Montana : J. Hugo Aronson (Republican )
Governor of Nebraska : Victor E. Anderson (Republican )
Governor of Nevada : Charles H. Russell (Republican )
Governor of New Hampshire : Lane Dwinell (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : Robert B. Meyner (Democratic )
Governor of New Mexico : John F. Simms (Democratic ) (until January 1), Edwin L. Mechem (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York : W. Averell Harriman (Democratic )
Governor of North Carolina : Luther H. Hodges (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : Clarence Norman Brunsdale (Republican ) (until January 3), John E. Davis (Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Ohio :
Governor of Oklahoma : Raymond D. Gary (Democratic )
Governor of Oregon : Elmo Smith (Republican ) (until January 14), Robert D. Holmes (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Governor of Pennsylvania : George M. Leader (Democratic )
Governor of Rhode Island : Dennis J. Roberts (Democratic )
Governor of South Carolina : George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (Democratic )
Governor of South Dakota : Joe Foss (Republican )
Governor of Tennessee : Frank G. Clement (Democratic )
Governor of Texas : Allan Shivers (Democratic ) (until January 15), Price Daniel (Democratic ) (starting January 15)
Governor of Utah : J. Bracken Lee (Republican ) (until January 7), George Dewey Clyde (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Vermont : Joseph B. Johnson (Republican )
Governor of Virginia : Thomas Bahnson Stanley (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Arthur B. Langlie (Republican ) (until January 14), Albert D. Rosellini (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Governor of West Virginia : William C. Marland (Democratic ) (until January 14), Cecil H. Underwood (Republican ) (starting January 14)
Governor of Wisconsin : Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (Republican ) (until January 7), Vernon W. Thomson (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Wyoming : Milward L. Simpson (Republican )
Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : William G. Hardwick (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Nathan Green Gordon (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of California : Harold J. Powers (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Stephen L. R. McNichols (Democratic ) (until January 8), Frank L. Hays (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Charles W. Jewett (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : John W. Rollins (Democratic ) (until January 15), David P. Buckson (Republican ) (starting January 15)
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : S. Ernest Vandiver (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : J. Berkeley Larsen (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : John William Chapman (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Harold W. Handley (Republican ) (until January 15), Crawford F. Parker (Republican ) (starting January 15)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Leo Elthon (Republican ) (until January 17), William H. Nicholas (Republican ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : John McCuish (Republican ) (until January 8), Joseph W. Henkle, Sr. (Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Harry Lee Waterfield (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Lether Frazar (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Sumner G. Whittier (Democratic ) (until January 3), Robert F. Murphy (Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Philip A. Hart (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Karl Rolvaag (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Carroll Gartin (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : James T. Blair, Jr. (Democratic ) (until January 14), Edward V. Long (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : George M. Gosman (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Paul Cannon (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : vacant (until January 10), Dwight W. Burney (Republican ) (starting January 10)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Rex Bell (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Joseph Montoya (Democratic ) (until April), vacant (starting April)
Lieutenant Governor of New York : George DeLuca (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : vacant (until month and day unknown), Luther E. Barnhardt (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Clarence P. Dahl (Republican ) (until January 9), Francis Clyde Duffy (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : Cowboy Pink Williams (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Roy E. Furman (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : vacant (until month and day unknown), Armand H. Cote (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Ernest Hollings (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : L. Roy Houck (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Jared Maddux (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Ben Ramsey (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Consuelo N. Bailey (Republican ) (until January 10), Robert T. Stafford (Republican ) (starting January 10)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Allie Edward Stokes Stephens (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Emmett T. Anderson (Republican ) (until January 14), John Cherberg (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Warren P. Knowles (Republican )
Events
January
Dwight D. Eisenhower , the President of the United States , began his second term on January 20
January 2 – The San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange .
January 6 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the third and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing "Peace In The Valley". Ed Sullivan describes Elvis thus: "This is a real decent, fine boy. We've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you. You're thoroughly alright."
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.
January 23 – Ku Klux Klan members force truck driver Willie Edwards to jump off a bridge into the Alabama River ; he drowns as a result.
January 31 – Pacoima aircraft accident : Three students on a junior high school playground in Pacoima, California , are among the 8 persons killed following a mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet, in the skies above the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles .
February
March
March 26: Elvis Presley buys Graceland
April
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
January 1
January 4 – Patty Loveless , American country music singer
January 6
Freddie Glenn , American spree killer and rapist, convicted of murdering the younger sister of actor Kelsey Grammer
Nancy Lopez , American golfer
January 7
January 8
January 12 – John Lasseter , American director, writer and animator
January 13
January 15
January 17 – Steve Harvey , African-American comedian, television host, radio personality, actor and author
January 21 – Greg Ryan , American soccer coach
January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk , American professional wrestler (d. 2003 )
January 27 – Frank Miller , American comic book writer
January 30 – Payne Stewart , American golfer (d. 1999 )
February
John Turturro
March
Marlon Jackson
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Spike Lee
March 4
March 6 – Eddie Deezen , American voice actor, comedian
March 12
March 13 – David Peaston , American singer (d. 2012 )
March 15 – Park Overall , American film and television actress
March 20
March 23
March 24 – Jack Edwards , American play-by-play announcer
March 26 – Leeza Gibbons , American television personality
March 28 – Paul Eiding , American actor and voice actor
March 29 – Christopher Lambert , American actor
March 30 – Paul Reiser , American comedian and actor
March 31 – Marc McClure , American actor
April
Denise Nickerson
May
Joan Benoit
Ted Levine
May 2 – Michael Coyle , American composer
May 3 – William Clay Ford Jr. , American automobile executive
May 4 – Iona Morris , American actress
May 11 – Lynn J. Rothschild , American biologist and astrobiologist
May 16
Joan Benoit , American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
Bob Suter , American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014 )
May 20 – Stewart Nozette , American astronomer
May 21 – Judge Reinhold , American actor
May 24
May 28 – Kirk Gibson , American baseball player
May 29
May 31 – Jim Craig , American professional ice hockey player
June
Frances McDormand
July
Nana Visitor
August
Melanie Griffith
Denis Leary
August 1 – Taylor Negron , American actor (d. 2015 )
August 2
August 5 – Clayton Rohner , American actor
August 6 – Jim McGreevey , 52nd Governor of New Jersey
August 9 – Melanie Griffith , American actress
August 11 – Richie Ramone , American rock drummer
August 14 – Tony Moran , American actor and producer
August 16
August 18 – Denis Leary , American comedian and actor
August 22 – Holly Dunn , American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2016 )
August 28
August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo , American football player
August 31 – Gina Schock , American drummer (The Go-Go's )
September
Michael Madsen
September 8 – Heather Thomas , American actress and activist
September 11 – Jeh Johnson , American politician, 4th Secretary of Homeland Security
September 13 – Vinny Appice , American drummer
September 15 – Brad Bird , American animator and director
September 18 – Mark Wells , American professional ice hockey player
September 21 – Ethan Coen , American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
September 22 – Mark Johnson , American professional ice hockey player and coach
September 24 – Brad Bird , American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and actor
September 25 – Michael Madsen , American actor
September 27 – Peter Sellars , theatre director
September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay , American comedian
September 30 – Fran Drescher , American actress
October
Bernie Mac
Martin Luther King III
October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke , American voice actor
October 5 – Bernie Mac , African-American comedian and actor (d. 2008 )
October 7 – Michael W. Smith , American Christian musician
October 14 – Kenny Neal , American guitarist
October 15 – Stacy Peralta , American director and skateboarder
October 16 – Jim Hodges , American installation artist
October 23 – Martin Luther King III , African-American human rights advocate and community activist
October 24 – John Kassir , American actor and comedian
October 25 – Nancy Cartwright , American actress
October 26 – Bob Golic , American football player
October 29 – Dan Castellaneta , American actor
October 30
October 31
November
Denise Crosby
Caroline Kennedy
November 1 – Peter Ostrum , American child actor and veterinarian
November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum , American actor (d. 1984 )
November 6
November 7 – Christopher Knight , American actor
November 10 – George Lowe , American voice actor and comedian
November 13
November 14
November 15 – Kevin Eubanks , American jazz guitarist
November 19 – Tom Virtue , American actor
November 22 – Don Newman , American basketball player and coach (d. 2018 )
November 23 – William Kaelin Jr. , American cellular biologist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019
November 24 – Denise Crosby , American actress
November 26 – Kevin Kamenetz , American politician (d. 2018 )
November 27 – Caroline Kennedy , American author and attorney
December
Andrew Cuomo
Michael Clarke Duncan
December 1 – Vesta Williams , American singer-songwriter (d. 2011 )
December 4 – Eric S. Raymond , American open source software advocate
December 6
December 9 – Donny Osmond , American pop singer
December 10 – Michael Clarke Duncan , African-American actor (d. 2012 )
December 12 – Sheila E. , American percussionist, singer, author, and actress
December 13 – Steve Buscemi , American actor and comedian
December 14 – Tim Cone , American head coach working for the Philippine Basketball Association
December 15 – Laura Molina , American artist, musician and actress
December 19 – Kevin McHale , American basketball player
December 20 – Joyce Hyser , American actress
December 21
December 27 – Greg Mortenson , American humanitarian and author
December 29 – Bruce Beutler , American immunologist and geneticist
December 30 – Matt Lauer , American newscaster
Deaths
January 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder , novelist (born 1867 )[2]
January 14 – Humphrey Bogart , film actor (born 1899 )
January 16 – Arturo Toscanini , Italian-born orchestral conductor (born 1867 )
February 2 – Marian Cruger Coffin , landscape architect (born 1876 )
February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder , author (born 1867 )
February 25 – Bugs Moran , gangster (born 1893 )
March 11 – Richard E. Byrd , explorer (born 1888 )
May 2 – Joseph McCarthy , U.S. Senator from 1947 to 1957 (born 1908 )
May 10 – Annie Malone , African American millionaire businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist (born 1869 )
May 13 – Robert A. "Fuzzy" Theobald , admiral (born 1884 )
May 16
July 8 – Grace Coolidge , First Lady of the United States , Second Lady of the United States (born 1879 )
August 7 – Oliver Hardy , comic film actor (born 1892 )
September 2 – Bobby Myers , race car driver (killed in racetrack accident) (born 1927 )
October 13 – Erich Auerbach , German philologist, literary critic and comparative scholar (born 1892 )
October 25 – Albert Anastasia , Italian American gangster (born 1902 )
October 29 – Louis B. Mayer , Belarusian-born film studio head (born 1885 )
November 29 – Erich Korngold , Austrian-born composer (born 1897)
December 10 – Maurice McLoughlin , tennis player (born 1890 )
December 24 – Norma Talmadge , silent film actress (born 1894 )
See also
External links
References
1957 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories