Sunday 26 May 1957
It was Sunday, under the sign of Gemini. The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Margaret Colin and Diomedes Diaz.
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.
20 Million Miles to Earth, directed by Nathan Juran, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1957
while The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Date with the Angels.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Saint Germain of Paris
- Blessed Pieter of Ter Duinen
- Saint William of Aquitaine
- Saint Simitrius
- Saint Philip Neri (died 1595)
- Saint Lambert (d.1154)
- Saint Berenger (died 1093)
- Georgia - National Day
- Poland - Mother's Day
- Australia - National Sorry Day
Famous Birthdays:
- Margaret Colin: Actress (Independence Day, Three Men & a Baby).
- Diomedes Diaz: Colombian singer.
- Francois Legault: French Canadian politician.
- Pontso SM Sekatle: Lesotho academic and politician.
- Gregory Fitzgerald: American homicide; found guilty of killing his wife in Shelburne, VT, hoping to collect her $110,000 insurance money, May 1993.
- Diomedes Díaz: Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- François Legault: Canadian businessman and politician
- Kristina Olsen: American singer-songwriter
- Roberto Ravaglia: Italian race car driver
- Pontso Sekatle: Lesotho academic and politician
Facts:
- Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open.
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 1957 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- 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
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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 Tribe That Lost Its Head
Five hundred miles off the southwest coast of Africa lies the island of Pharamaul, a British Protectorate, governed from Whitehall through a handful of devoted British civilians.
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Don'T Go Near The Water
At once a rousing entertaining farce and gentle love story, this novel is set on a remote Pacific island during the waning days of the World War II.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter
Dust jacket notes: "All that is inevitable, enjoyable, maddening and amusing about Christmas provides a perfect background for the adventures of this new Streeter "hero" - a grandfather who has not yet achieved the age of discretion and gives little ...
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The Fountain Overflows
The lives of the talented Aubrey children have long been clouded by their father?s genius for instability, but his new job in the London suburbs promises, for a time at least, reprieve from scandal and the threat of ruin.
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Videogames
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