September 1957 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400
• 02 Sep 1957 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
• 03 Sep 1957 Dodgers play last game in Jersey City
• 04 Sep 1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
• 05 Sep 1957 Cuban Dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
• 06 Sep 1957 Elvis records White Xmas, Silent Night andHere Comes Santa Claus
• 07 Sep 1957 71st US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough
• 08 Sep 1957 77th US Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper
• 09 Sep 1957 Diana by Paul Anka reaches #1
• 10 Sep 1957 Mask & Gown opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 39 performances
• 12 Sep 1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US
• 14 Sep 1957 ''Have Gun, Will Travel'' premieres on CBS.
• 15 Sep 1957 Bachelor Father with John Forsythe premieres
• 16 Sep 1957 Coup in Thailand
• 17 Sep 1957 2 male attorneys stand in as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico
• 18 Sep 1957 Wagon Train premieres
• 19 Sep 1957 First underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas, Nevada).
• 21 Sep 1957 Perry Mason with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV
• 22 Sep 1957 Maverick premieres
• 23 Sep 1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
• 24 Sep 1957 Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
• 25 Sep 1957 300 US Army troops guard nine black kids' return to Central High School in Arkansas.
• 26 Sep 1957 West Side Story opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 734 performances
• 27 Sep 1957 Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built
• 28 Sep 1957 Dollar A Second, last airs on NBC-TV
• 29 Sep 1957 DuPont Show of the Month, debuts on CBS-TV
• 30 Sep 1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria

Famous Birthday

• Nick Cave

  Australian musician.

• Fran Drescher

  American actress.

• Pierre Moscovici

  French politician, who served as Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 to 2002.

• Gloria Estefan

  Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur.

• Sadhguru
• Rachel Ward

  English-Australian actress director and screenwriter.

• Ethan Coen

  American director producer and screenwriter.

• Hans Zimmer

  German composer.

• François Asselineau
• José Sócrates

  Portuguese engineer and politician 119th Prime Minister of Portugal.

• Khandi Alexander

  American actress dancer and choreographer.

• Kevin Rudd

  26th Prime Minister of Australia.

• West Germany
• Heather Thomas

  American actress and author.

• Alannah Currie

  New Zealand-British musician, a keyboard player and singer, one of a trio who call themselves the "Thompson Twins.

• Pierre Bédier

  French politician, a member of the National Assembly of France.

• Marc Duret

  Actor (Dobermann, Hatred, Big Blue).

• Andreï Makine

  Russian-French author.

• François Sureau
• Hemant Sagar
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Famous Deaths

• William A Craigie

  Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90.

• Ettore Pozzoli

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Petar Stojanovic

  Composer, dies at 80.

• John W "John" Eisenloeffel

  Goldsmith, dies at 81.

• Jean Julius Christian Sibelius

  Fin Composer (Finlandia), dies at 91.

• Haakon VII (CF Charles WA)

  Danish King of Norway (1905-57).

• Luis Cluzeau Mortet

  Uruguayan composer and musician (Born 1888).

• King Haakon

  VII of Norway (Born 1872).

• Albert Ascoli

  Italian who developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies.

• Heino Kaski

  Finnish composer (Born 1885).

• Arthur Powell Davies

  American religious minister (Born 1902).

• Qi Baishi

  Chinese painter (Born 1864).

• Soemu Toyoda

  Japanese admiral (Born 1885).

• Helen Haye

  Actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
2. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
3. Paul Anka - Diana
4. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
5. The Crickets - That'll Be The Day

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
2. Paul Anka - Diana
3. Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
4. Lonnie Donegan - Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style
5. Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys - Last Train To San Fernando