What is 1957?
{{Year nav|1957}} {{Year in various calendars|1957}} '''1957''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLVII]]) was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1957th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1957}}. == Events == * The [[Africanized bee]] is accidentally released in [[Brazil]] * The [[Asian Flu]] [[pandemic]] begins in [[China]] * [[March 10]] – Floodgates of [[The Dalles Dam]] are closed inundating [[Celilo Falls]] and ancient Indian fisheries along the [[Columbia River]] in [[Oregon]]. * [[March 25]] – [[Treaty of Rome]] * [[October 4]] - [[Sputnik]] launched. * [[November 13]] – [[Flood]]ing in the [[Po River]] valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in [[Venice]] == Births == * [[January 6]] – [[Nancy Lopez]], golfer * [[January 7]] – [[Nicholson Baker]], [[novel]]ist * [[January 7]] – [[Katie Couric]], [[television]] host * [[January 7]] – [[Julian Solis]], world champion boxer * [[January 11]] – [[Robert Earl Keen]], musician, singer * [[January 15]] – [[Mario Van Peebles]], actor, director * [[January 15]] – [[Julian Sands]], actor * [[January 19]] – [[Katey Sagal]], actress, singer & writer * [[January 22]] – [[Mike Bossy]], [[ice hockey]] player * [[January 23]] – [[Earl Falconer]], bassist * [[January 23]] – [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover|Princess Caroline of Monaco]] * [[March 10]] - [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] [[militant]] and [[Terrorism|terrorist]], former leader of [[al-Qaeda]] (1988–2011) * [[March 26]] - [[Hibatullah Akhundzada]], Afghan Islamic [[scholar]] and [[Religion|religious]] leader, leader of the [[Taliban]] (2016–present) and [[Supreme Leader of Afghanistan]] (2021–present) * [[March 26]] - [[Heikki Miettinen]], Finnish ice hockey player (d. [[2024]]) * [[June 16]] - [[The Ultimate Warrior]], American professional wrestler * [[June 29]] - [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], Turkmen [[politician]], former [[President of Turkmenistan]] (2007–2022) * [[July 5]] - [[Lavie Astruc]]