November 1957 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1957 KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 02 Nov 1957 First titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio, USA.
• 03 Nov 1957 USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
• 04 Nov 1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
• 06 Nov 1957 Rumple opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 45 performances
• 07 Nov 1957 Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
• 08 Nov 1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
• 11 Nov 1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde
• 14 Nov 1957 Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
• 15 Nov 1957 US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and US$3,000 fine.
• 16 Nov 1957 Copper & Brass closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
• 17 Nov 1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 18 Nov 1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
• 19 Nov 1957 Antonin Novotny appointed President of Czechoslovakia
• 22 Nov 1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in New York
• 25 Nov 1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech.
• 26 Nov 1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 27 Nov 1957 Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
• 28 Nov 1957 Look Homeward, Angel with Anthony Perkins premieres in New York City
• 29 Nov 1957 New York Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants
• 30 Nov 1957 Happy Hunting closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 413 performances

Famous Birthday

• Cécilia Attias

  Second wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, until October 2007.

• Dolph Lundgren

  Swedish actor.

• Caroline Kennedy

  American lawyer and author, noted family member as the daughter of John F. and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

• Jacques Gamblin

  French actor.

• Ofra Haza

  Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2000).

• Jon-Erik Hexum

  American actor, a handsome man and well-built, he fit the "beefcake" image well.

• Kim Rogers-Gallagher

  American full-time pro astrologer who works on phone consultations, counseling clients and writing columns and articles.

• Lori Singer

  American actress.

• Jean-Yves Esquerre
• Marc Le Mené
• Tony Abbott

  Prime Minister of Australia (2013-2015) and Leader of the Liberal Party.

• Joël Champetier

  Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2015).

• Karen Ziemba
• Sigvard Mahler Dam
• Denise Crosby

  American actress and producer.

• Goodluck Jonathan

  World Leader.

• Camille Laurens

  French writer and winner of the "Prix Fémina" for "Dans ces bras-là" in 2000.

• Jean-Philippe Toussaint
• Barry Cowger

  American astrologer with a masters in counseling in the Psychology dept.

• Christopher Knight (actor)
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Famous Deaths

• Billy Bevan

  Actor (White Sin), dies at 70.

• Fritz Schulz

  German law Historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78.

• Aleksei M Remizov

  Russian Author (Iveren).

• Margot SE Scharten-Antink

  Author (Catherina / Sprotje), dies at 88.

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Austria / US Composer (Kathrin), dies at 60.

• Laika

  Soviet space dog (Born 1954).

• Wilhelm Reich

  Austrian-American psychoanalyst and pioneer of sexual freedom, an isolated prophet too radical for his time.

• Diego Rivera

  Mexican artist, a controversial painter as his political views were expressed through his art.

• Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

  Russian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1957).

• Peter O'Connor

  Irish long jumper (d. 1957).

• Beniamino Gigli

  Italian opera singer, a great bel canto lyric tenor with a powerful and superb voice.

• Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Cora Witherspoon

  Actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67.

• Weldon Hart

  Composer, dies at 46.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
2. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
3. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
4. The Rays - Silhouettes
5. Sam Cooke - You Send Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Paul Anka - Diana
2. The Crickets - That'll Be The Day
3. Elvis Presley - Party
4. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
5. Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child