What Happened In May 1957 In History

Historical Events for May, 1957

• 1st » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers VC.1 Viking named Vickers Viking airliner 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident or crashes in Hampshire England.
• 15th » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple Grapple called Operation Grapple.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1957

• 1st » Kow Otani, Japanese pianist and composer
• 3rd » Alain Côté (ice hockey b. 1957) known as Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 3rd » Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
• 4th » Jaak Huimerind, Estonian architect
• 4th » Kathy Kreiner, Canadian skier
• 4th » Marijke Vos, Dutch politician
• 5th » Richard E. Grant, Swiss-English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 5th » Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 5th » Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• 7th » Hercules (wrestler) or Hercules, American wrestler (d. 2004)
• 7th » Ned Bellamy, American actor
• 8th » Bill Cowher, American football player and coach
• 8th » Gary Lunn, Canadian politician
• 8th » Marie Myriam, Congolese-French singer
• 8th » Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist
• 10th » Alex Jennings, English actor
• 10th » Barnaby Lenon, English academic
• 10th » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vicious White Kids, The Flowers of Romance (band) or The Flowers of Romance) (d. 1979)
• 11th » Mike Nesbitt, Irish journalist and politician
• 11th » Peter North (pornographer) known as Peter North, Canadian-American porn actor, director, and producer
• 12th » Ziya Onis named Ziya Önis, Turkish political economist
• 12th » Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
• 13th » Alan Ball (screenwriter) called Alan Ball, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 13th » David Hill (choral director) known as David Hill, English organist and conductor
• 13th » Andrea Klump, German terrorist
• 13th » Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician
• 13th » Koji Suzuki, Japanese author
• 14th » Big Van Vader, American wrestler and actor
• 15th » Meg Gardiner, American-English author
• 15th » Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
• 15th » Kevin Von Erich, American wrestler
• 15th » Ashutosh Varshney, American political scientist
• 16th » Joan Benoit, American runner
• 16th » Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
• 16th » Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT (band) or DDT)
• 16th » Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
• 16th » Bob Suter, American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 16th » Nigel Twiston-Davies, English horse trainer
• 17th » Anne Main, Welsh politician
• 17th » Pascual Pérez (baseball) e.g Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012)
• 18th » Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer (Moti Special, Enigma (musical project) called Enigma)
• 18th » Henrietta Moore, British social anthropologist
• 18th » Jane Root, British broadcasting executive
• 19th » Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
• 20th » Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
• 21st » James Bailey (basketball) known as James Bailey, American basketball player
• 21st » Bruce Buffer, American ring announcer
• 21st » Johann Carlo, American actress
• 21st » Nadine Dorries, English nurse and politician
• 21st » Judge Reinhold, American actor
• 21st » Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
• 22nd » Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
• 22nd » Gary Sweet, Australian actor
• 23rd » Mark Arnold (actor) e.g Mark Arnold, American actor
• 23rd » Craig Brown (satirist) or Craig Brown, English journalist and critic
• 23rd » Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora) (d. 1995)
• 25th » Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
• 25th » Edward Lee (writer) or Edward Lee, American author
• 25th » Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 25th » Hillary B. Smith, American actress
• 26th » Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 26th » François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
• 26th » Kristina Olsen, American singer-songwriter
• 26th » Roberto Ravaglia, Italian race car driver
• 26th » Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
• 27th » Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician
• 27th » Duncan Goodhew, English swimmer
• 27th » Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter and producer (Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures)
• 28th » Colin Barnes, English footballer
• 28th » Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
• 28th » Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
• 29th » Steven Croft (bishop) named Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
• 29th » Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician
• 29th » Ted Levine, American actor
• 31st » Jim Craig (ice hockey) known as Jim Craig, American ice hockey player

Famous Deaths for May 1957

• 2nd » Joseph McCarthy, American politician (b. 1908)
• 9th » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 9th » Ezio Pinza, Italian opera singer (b. 1892)
• 12th » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 12th » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 13th » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
• 14th » Marie Vassilieff, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 15th » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 16th » Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 21st » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 25th » Leo Goodwin (swimmer) known as Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 31st » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 31st » Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)

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