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Monday July 08, 1957
US date format: 7/8/1957, UK date format: 8/7/1957
It was Monday, under the sign of Cancer (see birth chart on July 8, 1957). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Mimie Mathy and Jerry Weller.
In that special week of July people in US were listening to Love Letters In The Sand by Pat Boone.
In UK All Shook Up by Elvis Presley was in the top 5 hits.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, directed by Frank Tashlin, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1957
while Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Directed by: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell
Run of the Arrow
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker
Il Grido
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Gabriella Pallotta, Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray
Silk Stockings
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre
Gun Glory
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Starring: Stewart Granger, Rhonda Fleming, Chill Wills, Steve Rowland
Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 08, 1957?
- Annual Soapy Smith wake, held each year in Skagway, Alaska in the Gold Rush Cemetery and in Hollywood, California at the Magic Castle
- Feast day of Saint Kilian
- Feast day of Saint Grimbald
Holidays
- Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
Events
- Mimie Mathy: French dwarf actress seen with Andy...
- Valerie Faris: Director.
- Jerry Weller: Politician.
- Christophe Roger-Vasselin: French tennis player notably known for...
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Famous Birthday
- Henry Fevrier: Composer, dies at 81.
- William Cadbury: chocolate maker, dies at age 89.
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge: US first lady, dies at age 78.
- Grace Coolidge: American wife of Calvin Coolidge 32nd...
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of July 08, 1957?
- Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
- The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
- Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare
- Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
- Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)
- Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
- The Coasters - Searchin'
- Gale Storm - Dark Moon
- Andy Williams - I Like Your Kind Of Love
- Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
- Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style - Lonnie Donegan
- Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love
- The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
- Ronnie Hilton - Around The World
Top #5 songs in the UK
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Starring: David Janssen
Country: United States of America
Leave It to Beaver
Directed by: Andy Cadiff
Scott Free
Gewürfelte Musik - Schlagermelodien aus dem Stegreif
Escape
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in July 1957?
- LIFE: Texass King Ranch
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Birdie Tebbetts -- July 8, 1957
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7520
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
Blue Camellia
By: Frances Parkinson Keyes
SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 432 pages. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition assumed with none stated. JULIAN MESSNER, NY 1957.
The Hidden Persuaders
By: Vance Packard
"One of the best books around for demystifying the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising."--Salon"Fascinating, entertaining and thought-stimulating."--The New York Times Book Review"A brisk, authoritative and frightening report on how manufacturers, fundraisers
The Scapegoat
By: Daphne du Maurier
"Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him,
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