April 1957 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 05 Apr 1957 In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
• 06 Apr 1957 New York City ends trolley car service
• 07 Apr 1957 Last of New York's electric trolleys completes its final run.
• 09 Apr 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping.
• 10 Apr 1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns.
• 11 Apr 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
• 12 Apr 1957 Jim Spalding sets a 2088-pin nine-game bowling record.
• 13 Apr 1957 Shinbone Alley opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
• 14 Apr 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
• 15 Apr 1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
• 17 Apr 1957 Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.
• 20 Apr 1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05.
• 21 Apr 1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
• 22 Apr 1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
• 24 Apr 1957 Chicago Cubs' pitchers walk National League record nine Cincinnati Reds in 5th inning.
• 25 Apr 1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 26 Apr 1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
• 28 Apr 1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 29 Apr 1957 First military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA.

Famous Birthday

• Daniel Day-Lewis

  British-Irish actor.

• Mukesh Ambani

  Indian businessman.

• André Manoukian

  French musician and composer of Armenian descent.

• Seve Ballesteros

  Spanish golfer, arguably one of the best Europeans to ever play the game.

• Donald Tusk

  Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2007.

• Bernard Montiel

  French TV show host, appears on French TV channel TF1 programs: " La une est à vous", "Vidéo Gag", and "Surprise sur prise".

• Timothy Treadwell

  American ecologist and environmentalist (d. 2003).

• Gabrielle Lazure

  Canadian actress who has appeared in more than sixty films since 1981.

• Aki Kaurismaki

  Finnish film director who collaborated with his older brother, Mika, dividing their work according to a carefully observed schedule to save...

• Francis Temperville

  French nuclear engineer and spy.

• John Ford

  American author and poet (d. 2006).

• Saundra Santiago

  American actress, she appeared as a regular on TV's "Miami Vice" and "The Soprano.

• Léopold Eyharts
• Afrika Bambaataa
• Eric Bristow

  British darts player who was the world's professional darts champ in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1986.

• Anthony Lawrence

  Australian writer, a Tasmanian-based poetic wordsmith, literary reviewer and poetry teacher.

• Michel Blaton

  Belgian equestrian, placed 55th in Individual Jumping and 13th in Team Jumping at the Atlanta Olympics, August 1996.

• Graeme Kelling

  Scottish musician, guitar player and member of the group, Deacon Blue, that was originally formed by Ricky Ross in 1985.

• Zinedine Soualem
• Stanny Van Paesschen

  Dutch equestrian who attended the Atlanta Olympics, placing 52nd in Individual Jumping and 13th in Team Jumping.

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Famous Deaths

• Ignatius Roy D Campbell

  British Poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54.

• Otallo Morales

  Composer, dies at 82.

• Gheorge Tatarescu

  premier Romania (1933-37, 1939-40), dies.

• Charles Funk

  Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls), dies at age 76.

• Johan W Albarda

  first Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at age 79.

• Andries CD de Graeff

  Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at age 84.

• Mario A Gianini

  creator of the maraschino cherry, dies.

• Ludwig Schiedermair

  German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at age 80.

• E Herbert Norman

  Canadian diplomat (Born 1909).

• Harry McClintock

  American country singer and hobo (Born 1882).

• Heinz ''Pritzl'' Bar

  German fighter pilot (Born 1913).

• Gichin Funakoshi

  Japanese martial artist and educator founded Shotokan (d. 1957).

• William Orlamond

  Actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89.

• Pedro Infante

  Mexican actor and singer.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Andy Williams - Butterfly
2. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
3. Perry Como - Round And Round
4. Buddy Knox - Party Doll
5. The Diamonds - Little Darlin'

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap
2. Tab Hunter - Young Love
3. Harry Belafonte - The Banana Boat Song
4. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
5. Pat Boone - Don't Forbid Me