Famous Births
- Jan. 07: Katie Couric - CBS Evening News
- May 22: Lisa Murkowski: - Alaska Senator
- Jul. 27: Bill Engvall - Blue Collar Comedy
Famous Deaths
- Jan. 14: Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
- May 02: Joseph McCarthy - U.S. Senator
Chart Toppers
- Jan. 05: Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues
- Feb. 09: Pat Boone - Don't Forbid Me
- Feb. 16: Tab Hunter - Young Love
- Mar. 30: Andy Williams - Butterfly
- Apr. 20: Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
- Jun. 10: Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand
- Jul. 15: Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear
- Sep. 02: Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
- Oct. 07: Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb
- Oct. 21: Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
- Nov. 04: Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
- Dec. 18: Sam Cooke - You Send Me
- Dec. 30: Pat Boone - April Love Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
Top Grossing Films
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Sayonara
- Peyton Place
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
- A Farewell to Arms IMBD: Top Grossing Films of 1957
30th Academy Awards
- Presented on: March 26, 1958
- Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actor: A. Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward in The Three Faces of Eve
- Best Director: D. Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Documentary: Albert Schweitzer Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
Championship Teams
Top Athletes
Nobel Laureates
- Peace: Lester B. Pearson
- Physics: Chen Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee
- Chemistry: Lord Todd
- Medicine: Daniel Bovet
- Literature: Albert Camus NoblePrize.org: 1957 Noble Winners
1957 Timeline
January 1957
- January 23: Wham-O first produces the Frisbee.
May 15 1957
May 1957
- May 28: The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants baseball teams to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.
September 1957
- September 19: The United States conduct the first underground Nuclear Bomb test in the Nevada desert.
- September 29: The New York Giants play their final Major League Baseball game at the New York Polo Grounds before moving to San Francisco
October 4 1957
December 6 1957
December 6: The United States first attempt at launching a satellite into orbit failed as the Vanguard TV3 exploded on the launchpad.
December 1957
- December 19: The first Nuclear Power plant went online delivering power to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.