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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 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 March 1957: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1957?


Events

  • 01 Mar 1957 Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 performances
  • 03 Mar 1957 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Markham and Jones
  • 04 Mar 1957 The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
  • 05 Mar 1957 Sgt Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley
  • 06 Mar 1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from United Kingdom.
  • 07 Mar 1957 The United States Congress approves the Eisenhower Doctrine.
  • 08 Mar 1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships.
  • 09 Mar 1957 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu.
  • 10 Mar 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy.
  • 13 Mar 1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana, Cuba.
  • 14 Mar 1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns.
  • 15 Mar 1957 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb
  • 16 Mar 1957 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young
  • 17 Mar 1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
  • 18 Mar 1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
  • 20 Mar 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it.
  • 22 Mar 1957 Earthquake gives San Francisco, California the shakes.
  • 23 Mar 1957 US army sells last homing pigeons.
  • 25 Mar 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule.
  • 26 Mar 1957 22-year-old Elvis Presley buys Graceland on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard (Highway 51 South) for $US100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.
  • 27 Mar 1957 29th Academy Awards: Around World in 80 Days, Yul Brynner, and Ingrid Bergman win.
  • 29 Mar 1957 The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
  • 31 Mar 1957 Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.

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Music charts

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

  1. - Young Love
  2. - Butterfly
  3. - Too Much
  4. - Teen-Age Crush
  5. - Round And Round

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - The Garden Of Eden
  2. - Young Love
  3. - Singing The Blues
  4. - Don't Forbid Me
  5. - Knee Deep In The Blues

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

Country: United States of America

Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo

Release year: 1957

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Release year: 1957

Directed by: John Huston

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr

Country: United States of America

The Tall T

The Tall T

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Budd Boetticher

Starring: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt

The Strange One

The Strange One

Release year: 1957

Directed by: Jack Garfein

Starring: Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch

Books

Which were the most popular books released in March 1957?
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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.

The Crisis Of The Old Order by Arthur Schlesinger

The Crisis Of The Old Order

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The Populist Movement in the 1890's was the source of the main currents of thought, and action that reached a climax during the Franklin Roosevelt era.

The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West

The Fountain Overflows

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The Aubrey family's lives have been tainted for many years by their father's instability and genius. But his new job in London promises to give them some relief from the danger of ruin.

This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton

This Hallowed Ground

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Bruce Catton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, first published the classic Civil War account in 1955. It captures both the dramatic scope of the epic struggle and intimate experience of that epic struggle all in one volume.

The Organization Man by William H. Whyte Jr

The Organization Man

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The Organization Man is the first comprehensive study of a way to live that many Americans now lead, and many more will soon.