July 1957 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield / Keene / Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
• 02 Jul 1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
• 04 Jul 1957 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase
• 05 Jul 1957 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper
• 06 Jul 1957 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard
• 07 Jul 1957 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast
• 08 Jul 1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
• 09 Jul 1957 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced.
• 12 Jul 1957 US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
• 14 Jul 1957 Soviet steamer Eshghbad sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270
• 15 Jul 1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die
• 16 Jul 1957 Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (3:28:08).
• 19 Jul 1957 First rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada, USA.
• 21 Jul 1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament
• 24 Jul 1957 KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 25 Jul 1957 Monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic.
• 26 Jul 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career home run number 200.
• 28 Jul 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance
• 29 Jul 1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

Famous Birthday

• Mimie Mathy

  French dwarf actress seen with Andy Garcia in a Jerry Schatzberg film.

• Cameron Crowe

  American director producer and screenwriter.

• Theo van Gogh (film director)
• Kelly McGillis

  American actress.

• Detroit (Michigan)
• Clio Goldsmith
• Sophie Toscan du Plantier

  French TV producer.

• Marc Almond

  British entertainer, the flamboyant homosexual singer of the ’80’s band, "Soft Cell.

• Benoît Duquesne

  French journalist and TV host, he presented "Complément d'enquête" on France 2..

• Patrick Berhault

  French free climber, mountaineer and mountain guide, best known for popularizing sport climbing in France with his friend rock climber...

• Nicolas Bazire

  French politician and senior government official.

• Bill Engvall

  American comedian and actor.

• Bret Hart

  Wrestler.

• Nick Faldo

  British golfer, 6' 3" winner of five major tournaments: the British Open, 1987, 1990, 1992 and the Masters in 1989 and 1990.

• Fern Britton

  English television host and actress.

• Jean-Louis Battistini

  French motorcycle racer, one of the winners of the Le Mans 24 Hour Motorcycle race.

• Susan Ford

  American noted family, the only daughter of Betty and Gerald Ford; her dad became U.S.

• Faye Grant

  American actress.

• Yuen Biao

  Hong Kong actor and martial artist.

• Lida Baday

  Canadian fashion designer with an international reputation.

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Famous Deaths

• Sacha Guitry

  Russian-French actor, producer, and playwright.

• Henry Fevrier

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike

  Composer, dies at 80.

• Marie C of Zeggelen

  Author (Dessajongen), dies at 87.

• G Tomasi di Lampedusa

  Writer, dies at 61.

• Curzio Malaparte [Kurt E Suckert]

  Ital Author (Kaputt), dies at 59.

• Sem Dresden

  Dutch Composer / conductor, dies at 76.

• George Cleveland

  Actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74.

• Charles Sherwood Noble

  American-born inventor (Born 1873).

• James M Cox

  American politician (Born 1870).

• William Cadbury

  chocolate maker, dies at age 89.

• Richard Mohaupt

  German Composer (Bucolica), dies at 52.

• Phil Hanna

  singer ("Once Upon a Tune"), dies at age 46.

• Bernard Spooner

  US inventor of bulletproof jacket, dies.

• Carlos Castillo Armas

  dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.

• Vasily Maklakov

  Russian orator and liberal politician (Born 1869).

• Grace Coolidge

  American wife of Calvin Coolidge 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1957).

• Isaac Heinemann

  German-born Israeli scholar and professor of classical literature (Born 1876).

• Dolf Luque

  Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957).

• Judy Tyler

  Actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
2. Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
3. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
4. Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare
5. Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
2. Lonnie Donegan - Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style
3. The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
4. Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love
5. Ronnie Hilton - Around The World