What Happened In August 1957 In History

Historical Events for August, 1957

• 1st » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• 5th » 'American Bandstand', a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the American Broadcasting Company e.g ABC television network.
• 21st » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• 28th » United States Senate named U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
• 31st » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1957

• 1st » C. J. Laing, American porn actress
• 1st » Taylor Negron, American actor
• 2nd » Farhat Basir Khan, Indian photographer and academic
• 2nd » Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter
• 2nd » Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Garbage (band) or Garbage and Spooner (band) or Spooner)
• 3rd » Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
• 3rd » Kate Wilkinson (politician) named Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician
• 4th » Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author
• 4th » Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 4th » John Wark, Scottish footballer
• 5th » David Gill (executive) or David Gill, English businessman
• 5th » Faith Prince, American actress
• 5th » Clayton Rohner, American actor
• 6th » Bob Horner, American baseball player
• 6th » Jim McGreevey, American politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
• 7th » Caroline Aaron, American actress
• 7th » Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (d. 2012)
• 7th » Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast
• 8th » Dennis Drew, American keyboard player (10,000 Maniacs)
• 9th » Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
• 10th » Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (d. 2014)
• 10th » Andres Põime, Estonian architect
• 11th » Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
• 12th » Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
• 14th » Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Treasurer of Australia
• 14th » Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
• 14th » Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijani singer
• 15th » Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 16th » Roberta Blackman-Woods, Irish academic and politician
• 16th » Tim Farriss, Australian guitarist (INXS)
• 16th » Laura Innes, American actress and director
• 16th » R. R. Patil, Indian politician, 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 16th » Randhir Singh (cricketer) or Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer
• 17th » Robin Cousins, English figure skater
• 17th » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
• 17th » Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
• 18th » Carole Bouquet, French model and actress
• 18th » Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 18th » Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Men at Work)
• 18th » Diana Castle, American actress
• 19th » Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer
• 19th » Martin Donovan, American actor
• 19th » Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire
• 19th » Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-American poet and author
• 19th » Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
• 19th » Gerda Verburg, Dutch union leader and politician
• 20th » Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
• 20th » Jim Calder (rugby union) called Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player
• 20th » Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic
• 20th » Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian
• 21st » Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Steve Davis, English snooker player
• 23rd » Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
• 24th » Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar)
• 24th » Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
• 24th » Marcel Vanthilt, Belgian singer and television host
• 25th » Sikander Bakht (cricketer) called Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 25th » Simon McBurney, English actor and director
• 25th » Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 26th » Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 26th » Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
• 26th » Rick Hansen, Canadian wheelchair racer
• 27th » Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author
• 27th » Bernhard Langer, German golfer
• 28th » Greg Clark, English politician
• 28th » Ivo Josipović, Croatian politician, 3rd President of Croatia
• 28th » George Merrill (songwriter) known as George Merrill, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Boy Meets Girl (band) e.g Boy Meets Girl)
• 28th » Rick Rossovich, American actor
• 28th » Daniel Stern (actor) known as Daniel Stern, American actor and director
• 28th » Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist
• 29th » Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey
• 31st » Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze (band) called Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook)

Famous Deaths for August 1957

• 4th » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 5th » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 6th » Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
• 7th » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 9th » Carl Clauberg, German physician (b. 1898)
• 16th » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 19th » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 19th » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist (b. 1898)

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