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Sunday May 26, 1957
US date format: 5/26/1957, UK date format: 26/5/1957
It was Sunday, under the sign of Gemini (see birth chart on May 26, 1957). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Gilles Pélisson and Margaret Colin.
In that special week of May people in US were listening to All Shook Up by Elvis Presley.
In UK Butterfly by Andy Williams was in the top 5 hits.
A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1957
while The Bridge At Andau by James A. Michener was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Leave It to Beaver.
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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A Face in the Crowd
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Country: United States of America
Love in the Afternoon
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver
Country: United States of America
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Directed by: John Sturges
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet
Country: United States of America
The Wayward Bus
Directed by: Victor Vicas
Starring: Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason
Fire Down Below
Directed by: Robert Parrish
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Herbert Lom
Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 26, 1957?
- Saint Germain of Paris
- Blessed Pieter of Ter Duinen
- Saint William of Aquitaine
- Saint Simitrius
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Holidays
- Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open.
Events
- Gilles Pélisson
- Margaret Colin: Actress (Independence Day, Three Men & a...
- François Legault: Canadian businessman and politician.
- Ala al-Aswany
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Famous Birthday
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 26, 1957?
- Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
- The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
- Perry Como - Round And Round
- Ferlin Husky - Gone
- Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)
- Chuck Berry - School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)
- Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare
- The Dell-Vikings - Come Go With Me
- Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
- Gale Storm - Dark Moon
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Andy Williams - Butterfly
- Guy Mitchell - Rock-A-Billy
- Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap
- When I Fall In Love - Nat 'King' Cole
- The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
Top #5 songs in the UK
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Leave It to Beaver
Directed by: Andy Cadiff
Living It Up
Directed by: Antonio Cuadri
Together Again
Directed by: Not specifed
Carole's Country Club
Sports Parade
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in May 1957?
- LIFE: Aerial eyepopper vertical jet
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Cardinal Wyszynski -- May 20, 1957
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7513
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
The Bridge At Andau
By: James A. Michener
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels.
Profiles In Courage
By: John F. Kennedy
Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage served as a clarion call to every American.
This Hallowed Ground
By: Bruce Catton
First published in 1955, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton’s classic account of the Civil War simultaneously captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle in one brilliant volume.
Day Of Infamy
By: Walter Lord
A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, by the author of A Night to Remember.Sunday,
The Crisis Of The Old Order
By: Arthur Schlesinger
The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933, volume one of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.’s Age of Roosevelt series, is the first of three books that interpret the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the …
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