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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1957.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 1957: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1957?


Events

  • 01 Jun 1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile
  • 02 Jun 1957 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
  • 04 Jun 1957 May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
  • 05 Jun 1957 New York narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes.
  • 06 Jun 1957 The decision of the Automobile Manufacturers Association (in the USA) to ban race involvement is announced. The ban on racing involvement includes not helping others, not supply pace cars, not publicize any results, not advertise any features of passenger cars that suggest speed.
  • 09 Jun 1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British Prime Minister.
  • 10 Jun 1957 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs
  • 12 Jun 1957 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game
  • 13 Jun 1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • 14 Jun 1957 42.0 cm rain falls on East St. Louis, Illinois
  • 15 Jun 1957 Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 performances
  • 16 Jun 1957 French offensive in Algeria
  • 17 Jun 1957 So Rare by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaks at #2
  • 18 Jun 1957 John Diefenbacker (Conservative) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada.
  • 21 Jun 1957 Ellen Louks Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister.
  • 22 Jun 1957 The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
  • 24 Jun 1957 I Love Lucy, last airs on CBS-TV
  • 25 Jun 1957 Jonathan Winters Show, last airs on NBC-TV
  • 27 Jun 1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA.
  • 28 Jun 1957 Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team
  • 29 Jun 1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave USSR communist party

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in June 1957?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - All Shook Up
  2. - Love Letters In The Sand
  3. - Little Darlin'
  4. - So Rare
  5. - Round And Round

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Butterfly
  2. - Yes Tonight Josephine
  3. - Rock-A-Billy
  4. - When I Fall In Love
  5. - Cumberland Gap

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Country: United States of America

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Release year: 1957

Starring: David Janssen

Country: United States of America

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Leo McCarey

Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson

Country: United States of America

El bolero de Raquel

El bolero de Raquel

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Miguel M. Delgado

Starring: Cantinflas, Manola Saavedra, Flor Silvestre, Paquito Fernández

The Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Gennadiy Kazanskiy

Starring: Nikolay Volkov, Aleksei Litvinov, Gennadi Khudyakov, Lev Kovalchuk

Books

Which were the most popular books released in June 1957?
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Profiles In Courage by John F. Kennedy

Profiles In Courage

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John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage was written in 1955 by the junior senator of Massachusetts. It served as a clear call to all Americans.

The Bridge At Andau by James A. Michener

The Bridge At Andau

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The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at its most compelling. His classic nonfiction account about a doomed uprising in the 1930s is as compelling and memorable as any of his novels.

The Last Angry Man by Gerald Green

The Last Angry Man

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"There are not enough people who get mad, just plain mad. Sam Abelman is a doctor who doesn't take the easy route.

Faith On The March by A.H. Macmillan

Faith On The March

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Faith on the March by A. H. MacMillan

Stay Alive All Your Life by Norman Vincent Peale

Stay Alive All Your Life

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"Those who have received assistance from The Power of Positive Thinking can find further guidance in these pages to help them live a more creative and dynamic life."