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Monday January 28, 1957
US date format: 1/28/1957, UK date format: 28/1/1957
It was Monday, under the sign of Aquarius (see birth chart on January 28, 1957). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Frank Skinner and Harley Jane Kozak.
In UK Singing The Blues by Guy Mitchell was in the top 5 hits.
Mother India, directed by Mehboob Khan, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1957
while The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Tomahawk.
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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Mother India
Directed by: Mehboob Khan
Starring: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar
Country: United States of America
Funny Face
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair
Country: United States of America
Battle Hymn
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore
The Wings of Eagles
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond
Country: United States of America
The Young Stranger
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Starring: James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly, James Gregory
Historical Events
Which were the important events of January 28, 1957?
- Catholicism - Feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas
Holidays
- Tonight! America After Dark premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar)
Events
- Frank Skinner: English comedian actor and author.
- Harley Jane Kozak: Actress (Arachnophobia, Necessary...
- Nick Price (golfer)
- Mark Napier: Canadian ice hockey player and...
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Famous Birthday
- Fred Stein: TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at...
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of January 28, 1957?
- Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues
- Singing The Blues - Tommy Steele & The Steelmen
- The Garden Of Eden - Frankie Vaughan
- Malcolm Vaughan - St Therese Of The Roses
- Just Walkin' In The Rain - Johnnie Ray
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Tomahawk
Directed by: George Sherman
Be My Guest
Directed by: Lance Comfort
Anything Goes
Directed by: Sid Smith
It's Up to You
Directed by: Not specifed
Hit Parade
Directed by: Joe Casey
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in January 1957?
- LIFE: Record flight
- Time: Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7497
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
The Last Hurrah
By: Edwin O'Connor
O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Curley, portrays its Irish-American political boss as a demagogue and a rogue who nonetheless deeply understands his constituents.
Three Saints And A Sinner
By: Louise Hall Tharp
Little, Brown, 1956, 1st, Very good., Text clean. No dust jacket. Private bookplate. Light wear. 406 pages. First edition. [Biography, Julia Ward Howe, Louisa Ward, Samuel Ward, Annie Ward] Out-of-print and
The New World
By: Winston S. Churchill
The New World is Winston S. Churchill's brilliant re-creation of one of the most fateful periods in English and American history - the two centuries between 1485 and 1688.
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.
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