MultiEducator · The 20th Century Almanac
HistoryCentral Est. 1996
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1957
The 20th Century Almanac · The Fifties

1957

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The Soviets stunned the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, opening the Space Age and the missile race. Federal troops escorted nine Black students into Little Rock's Central High, Ghana won independence, and The Bridge on the River Kwai swept the Oscars.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Nobel · Literature
Camus
World Series
Milwaukee Braves vs. New York Yankees Se
No. 1 Song
Too Much
Top TV
Gunsmoke (CBS)
Academy · Actor
Alec Guinness

Major Events of 1957

8 events
Rome Treaty; common market establishedSputnick launched by RussiansMao says, "Let a thousand flowers bloom"Ghana becomes independentUSSR and US launch ICBM'sFederal troops force integration of schools in Little Rock, AKMilitary dictatorship ends in VenezuelaFrançois Duvalier becomes dictator of Haiti

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1957

Champions

NBABoston Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks Series: 4-3
NCAA FootballAuburn & Ohio State Record: 10-0-0 & 9-1-0
Heisman TrophyJohn David Crow, texas a&m;, HB points: 1,183
Stanley CupMontreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-1 US Open Golf: Dick Mayer Score: 282 Course: Inverness Club Location: Toledo, Ohio
World SeriesMilwaukee Braves vs. New York Yankees Series: 4-3

Top Music of 1957

The year on the charts

Top Songs

  1. Too Much Elvis Presley
  2. Young Love Tab Hunter
  3. Party Doll Buddy Knox
  4. Round and Round Perry Como
  5. All Shook Up Elvis Presley
  6. Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
  7. Teddy Bear Elvis Presley
  8. Tammy Debbie Reynolds
  9. Diana Paul Anka
  10. That'll Be the Day The Crickets

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. The Ten Commandments
  2. Around the World in 80 Days
  3. Giant
  4. Pal Joey
  5. Seven Wonders of the World
  6. The Tea House of the August Moon
  7. The Pride and Passion
  8. Anastasia
  9. Island in the Sun
  10. Love Me Tender

Top Television

  1. Gunsmoke (CBS)
  2. The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
  3. Tales of Wells Fargo (NBC)
  4. Have Gun Will Travel (CBS)
  5. I've Got A Secret (CBS)
  6. The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp (ABC)
  7. General Electric Theater (CBS)
  8. The Restless Gun (NBC)
  9. December Bride (CBS)
  10. You Bet Your Life (NBC) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); © 1996-2025

Academy Awards

Honoring 1957
Best Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Director
David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai" Joanne Woodward

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
TODD, Lord ALEXANDER R., Great Britain, Cambridge University, b. 1907, d. 1997: "for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes"
Literature
CAMUS, ALBERT, France, b. 1913 (in Mondovi, Algeria), d. 1960: "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times"
Peace
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES, Canada, b. 1897, d. 1972: former Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada, President 7th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Physiology or Medicine
BOVET, DANIEL, Italy, Chief Institute of Public Health, Rome, b. 1907 (in Neuchatel, Switzerland), d. 1992: "for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: YANG, CHEN NING, China, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A., b. 1922; and LEE, TSUNG-DAO, China, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A., b. 1926: "for their penetrating investigation of t

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Eugene O'Neill ... "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
History
George F. Kennan ... "Russia Leaves the War: Soviet American Relations, 1917-20" International Reporting: Russell Jones ... "United Press" National Reporting: James B. Reston ... "New York Times"
Public Service
"Chicago Daily News"