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1957 the 2002 album by Soul-Junk 1957 (album) the 2007 song by Buck 65 Situation (album) the 2012 song by Milo Greene Milo Greene (album) August 2019 1957 border:none;b 3/3/3/3 Sputnik asm.jpg Лайка (собака-космонавт)1.jpg Римський договір.jpg Asian flu in Sweden 1957 (2).jpg Elizabeth Eckford.jpg The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958 US poster - Style A).jpg Nasser with Syrian Delegation.jpg St Johns Lewisham Rail Crash - Geograph-2042851.jpg Audrey before landfall.gif 350 From top to bottom, left to right: the Sputnik launch begins the Space Race; Sputnik 2 sends Laika into orbit; the Treaty of Rome creates the European Economic Community; the 1957–1958 influenza pandemic kills over a million worldwide; the Little Rock Nine integrate Little Rock Central High School; The Bridge on the River Kwai premieres to major acclaim; the Syrian Crisis of 1957 heightens Middle East tensions; the Lewisham rail crash kills 90 in London; and Hurricane Audrey devastates the U.S. Gulf Coast. 1957 1957 2 Events January January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having handled the ball in Test cricket. January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns on health grounds. January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. January 20 – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. February February 2 – President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across the Indus River, near Sukkur. February 4 France prohibits U.N. involvement in Algeria. The first nuclear-powered submarine, Nautilus SSN-571 6, logs its 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. It is decommissioned on March 3, 1980. A coal gas explosion at the giant Bishop Coal Mine in Bishop, Virginia, United States, kills 37 men. February 6 – The Soviet Union announces that Swedish envoy Raoul Wallenberg had died in a Soviet prison ("possibly of a heart attack"), on July 17, 1947 February 10 – The Confederation of African Football is founded, at a meeting in Khartoum. February 15 – Andrei Gromyko becomes foreign minister of the Soviet Union. February 16 – Ingmar Bergman's film The Seventh Seal opens at cinemas in Sweden. February 17 – A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri, United States, kills 72 people. February 18 Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government. The last person to be executed in New Zealand, Walter James Bolton, is hanged at Mount Eden Prison for poisoning his wife.The last execution NZ History https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/the-death-penalty/the-last-execution 2025-09-27 nzhistory.govt.nz February 23 – The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc opens in Dakar. March thumb|250px|Flag of Ghana, the first country in colonial Africa to gain independence March 1 U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma. Arturo Lezama becomes President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay. Sud Aviation forms, from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest). March 3 – Net als toen, sung by Corry Brokken (music by Guus Jansen, lyrics by Willy van Hemert), wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 (held at Frankfurt), for the Netherlands. March 6 United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana. Zodi Ikhia founds the Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) in Niger. March 8 – Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal. March 14 – President Sukarno declares martial law in Indonesia.Sukarno "Bung Karno" https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indonesia/sukarno.htm 2025-09-14 www.globalsecurity.org March 17 – 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash: Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others are killed in a plane crash. March 22 – A United States Air Force Boeing C-97 disappears somewhere over the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Japan. All 67 people and the aircraft remain missing to this day.Desert Sun 22 March 1957 — California Digital Newspaper Collection https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19570322.2.15&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- https://web.archive.org/web/20250423032941/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19570322.2.15&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- April 23, 2025 2026-02-13 cdnc.ucr.edu en live Ranter Harro Accident Boeing C-97C Stratofreighter 50-702, Friday 22 March 1957 https://aviation-safety.net/asndb/334515 2026-02-13 aviation-safety.net March 25 – The Treaty of Rome (Patto di Roma) establishes the European Economic Community (EEC; predecessor of the European Union) between Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. March 27 – The 29th Academy Awards Ceremony is held in Hollywood. Around the World in 80 Days wins Best Picture. April April – IBM sells the first compiler for the Fortran scientific programming language. April 1 – The first new conscripts join the de Bundeswehr. April 5 – The Communist Party of India wins the elections in Kerala, making E. M. S. Namboodiripad its first chief minister. April 9 – Egypt reopens the Suez Canal to all shipping. April 12 – The United Kingdom announces that Singapore will gain self-rule on January 1, 1958. April 13 – The 1957 alleged Jordanian military coup attempt against Hussein Bin Talal is made by Ali Abu Nuwar. April 15 The Distant Early Warning Line is handed over by contractors to the U.S. and Canadian military. White Rock secedes from Surrey, British Columbia, following a referendum. April 17 – Suspected English serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder, at the Old Bailey. April 24–25 – The 1957 Fethiye earthquakes occur on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. April 30 – The solar eclipse of April 30, 1957, a non-central annular solar eclipse that does not have a northern path limit, takes place. This is the last of 57 umbral solar eclipses of Solar Saros 118. May May 2 – "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", written by Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, becomes the South African national anthem, replacing "God Save the Queen", which is retained as a royal anthem. May 8 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.Seth Jacobs 2006 Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America's War in Vietnam, 1950–1963 Rowman & Littlefield 0-7425-4447-8 Lanham, Maryland May 15 Operation Grapple: At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb, which fails to detonate properly. Stanley Matthews plays his final international game, ending an English record international career of almost 23 years. May 16 – Paul-Henri Spaak becomes the new Secretary General of NATO. May 24 – May 24 incident: Anti-American riots erupt in Taipei, Taiwan.HI Taipei 1957 Riot http://www.msg-history.com/HistoricalItems/HI_Taipei_1957_Riot.html https://archive.today/20091005192207/http://www.msg-history.com/HistoricalItems/HI_Taipei_1957_Riot.html dead 2009-10-05 2017-02-20 May 30 – Real Madrid beats Fiorentina 2–0 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, to win the 1956–57 European Cup (football). June June 1 – Launch of the first Ayanami-class destroyer warship by the JMSDF. June 9 – Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border, is first ascended. June 21 – John Diefenbaker becomes the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. June 27 – Hurricane Audrey demolishes Cameron, Louisiana, U.S., killing 400 people. July July 1 The International Geophysical Year begins. The University of Waterloo is founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Hugh Everett III publishes the first scientifically founded many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Production of the Citroën Traction Avant automobile, begun in 1934, ceases. July 6 – At the age of fifteen, Paul McCartney meets John Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.When Paul McCartney met John Lennon https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/when-paul-mccartney-met-john-lennon 2025-09-02 National Museums Liverpool July 11 – His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV becomes the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III appoints Prince Karim in his will. July 14 – Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. July 16 – United States Marine Major John Glenn flies an F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds, setting a new transcontinental speed record. July 23 – Asghar Khan becomes the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force and the world's youngest Air Vice Marshal at 36 years old.https://books.google.com/books?id=73CciTImPh4C&q=%22asghar%20khan%22 Flight 73 1958 IPC Transport Press Limited https://books.google.com/books?id=tQZNAQAAIAAJ&q=%22M.%20Asghar%20Khan%22 The Roundel 20 1959 11 Published on the authority of the Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Canadian Air Force. July 25 – Tunisia becomes a republic, with Habib Bourguiba as its first president. July 28 The 6th World Festival of Youth and Students, a high point of the Khrushchev Thaw, opens in Moscow. Heavy rains and mudslides at Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992. July 29 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. August August 4 – Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Maserati, wins the Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins this season) his record 5th world drivers championship, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a century. August 31 – The Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom, subsequently celebrated as Malaysia's National Day. Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya. The country's new Constitution had come into force on August 27. The Alliance Party and its successor are the ruling coalition until 2018. September thumb|Federation of Malaya gains independence from the British Empire September 1957 September 5 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista’s forces bomb anti-government riots in Cienfuegos.https://books.google.com/books?id=F0hqAAAAMAAJ&q=Fulgencio+Batista+bombs+the+revolt+in+Cienfuegos+september+5+1957 Fulgencio Batista, Ousted Cuban Dictator Mallin Jay 1974 http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/cuba/22291-september-5-1957-cienfuegos-at-the-heart-of-the-homeland September 5, 1957: Cienfuegos at the heart of the Homeland September 4, 2023 September 9 – The Civil Rights Act of 1957 is enacted, establishing the United States Commission on Civil Rights. September 21 Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Haakon VII. The sailing ship Pamir sinks off the Azores in a hurricane. September 26 – West Side Story, a new musical by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, opens on Broadway in New York City.Kerr Walter http://www.westsidestory.com/archives_herald2.php West Side Story New York Herald Tribune 1957-09-27 2011-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110926222813/http://www.westsidestory.com/archives_herald2.php 2011-09-26 dead The radioactive fallout from West Side Story must still be descending on Broadway this morning. September 29 – The Kyshtym disaster occurs at the Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia. October October 1957 thumb|right|October 4: Sputnik program begins, the first satellite launched into space October 1 – The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil.May 2023 October 4 Space Age – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.17 May 2014 From All Quarters http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html First Man-made Satellite Flight International https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120058/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html 11 October 1957 562 24 May 2023Project Mercury - A Chronology Part 1 (A) Major Events Leading to Project Mercury March 1944 through December 1957 Grimwood James M. NASA Special Publication-4001 https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p1a.htm NASA 24 May 2023 The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow delta wing interceptor aircraft is unveiled.17 May 2014 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html The Arrow Unveiled Flight International From All Quarters https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120058/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html 11 October 1957 562–563 24 May 2023 October 9 – The Jodrell Bank radio telescope in Cheshire, England, is controlled from its control room for the first time.Lovell Bernard Bernard Lovell 1968 The Story of Jodrell Bank Oxford University Press 978-0-19-217619-6 registration Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/storyofjodrellba00love 193Lovell Bernard 1990 Astronomer by Chance Macmillan London 978-0-333-55195-0 260 October 10 – Windscale fire: Fire at the Windscale nuclear reactor on the north-west coast of England releases radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including iodine-131.RED-HOT URANIUM WORRIES BRITONS; 2 Plutonium Plant Reactors Halted, but Radioactivity Is Held Negligible No Hazard Detected Oxydization Variance Noted The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/12/archives/redhot-uranium-worries-britons-2-plutonium-plant-reactors-halted.html 12 October 1957 Page 2, column 3 27 May 2023London Radioactivity Raised by Atom Mishap The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/18/archives/london-radioactivity-raised-by-atom-mishap.html 18 October 1957 Page 3, column 1 30 May 2023 October 11 – The orbit of the last stage of the R-7 Semyorka rocket (carrying Sputnik I) is first successfully calculated on an IBM 704 computer at the MIT Computation Center as part of Operation Moonwatch, Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 20 – Two trains collide at Yarımburgaz in Turkey; 95 die.TRAIN WRECK KILLS 25; Simplon Express in Crash in Turkey--Toll May Rise The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/21/archives/train-wreck-kills-25-simplon-express-in-crash-in-turkeytoll-may.html 21 October 1957 Page 3, column 4 31 May 202382 Dead and 171 Hurt In Turkish Rail Crash The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/82-dead-and-171-hurt-in-turkish-rail-crash.html 22 October 1957 Page 8, column 6 31 May 2023TURKISH RAIL TOLL UP; Number of Dead Is Now 89 in Sunday's Crash The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/turkish-rail-toll-up-number-of-dead-is-now-89-in-sundays-crash.html 23 October 1957 Page 14, column 4 1 June 2023 October 27 – Celâl Bayar is re-elected president of Turkey.Haff Joseph O. BIG VOTE LIKELY IN TURKEY TODAY; National Election Is Test of Menderes Austerity and Republican Opposition Strain of Works Program The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/big-vote-likely-in-turkey-today-national-election-is-test-of.html 27 October 1957 Page 9, columns 2-6 2 June 2023 November November 1957 thumb|Laika the dog became the first animal to orbit Earth. November 1 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.Mighty Mac: The Official Picture History of the Mackinac Bridge https://archive.org/details/mightymacofficia0000rubi registration Lawrence Rubin Wayne State University Press 1958 978-0-814-31817-1 14 Internet Archive November 3 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to orbit the Earth, a dog named Laika, on board.https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/03/archives/orbit-completed-animal-still-is-alive-sealed-in-satellite-moscow.html ORBIT COMPLETED; Animal Still Is Alive, Sealed in Satellite, Moscow Thinks The New York Times 3 November 1957 Page 1, column 8 13 May 2023https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/03/archives/sphere-fulfills-russian-promise-moscow-radio-announced-on-oct-27.html SPHERE FULFILLS RUSSIAN PROMISE; Moscow Radio Announced on Oct. 27 That Dog Would Be Aboard Satellite The New York Times 3 November 1957 Page 26, column 1 13 May 2023https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/04/archives/traveler-in-space-a-little-russian-hunting-dog.html Traveler in Space; A Little Russian Hunting Dog The New York Times Associated Press 4 November 1957 Page 8, columns 2-5 13 May 2023https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/04/archives/dog-may-unlock-medical-secrets-scientists-hoping-for-data-on.html DOG MAY UNLOCK MEDICAL SECRETS; Scientists Hoping for Data on Weightlessness and Other Flight Problems The New York Times 4 November 1957 Page 8, column 8 13 May 2023 There is no technology available to return her to Earth.https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/04/archives/recovery-of-dog-called-possible-several-us-experts-agree-but-willy.html RECOVERY OF DOG CALLED POSSIBLE; Several U.S. Experts Agree, but Willy Ley Says It Can't Be Brought Down Alive The New York Times 4 November 1957 Page 8, column 6 13 May 2023Jorden William J. William J. Jorden https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/05/archives/russian-indicates-that-dog-will-die-a-leading-scientist-speaks-of.html RUSSIAN INDICATES THAT DOG WILL DIE; A Leading Scientist Speaks of It 'While Still Alive'-- Satellite Cone-Shaped The New York Times 5 November 1957 Page 1, column 7 13 May 2023 November 13 Flooding in the Po Valley of Italy leads to flooding also in Venice.https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/13/archives/flood-threatens-po-delta.html Flood Threatens Po Delta The New York Times 13 November 1957 26 16 May 2023 Gordon Gould invents the laser.https://www.edn.com/laser-pioneer-gordon-gould-is-born-july-17-1920/ Macneil Jessica Laser pioneer Gordon Gould is born, July 17, 1920 EDN Moments EDN 17 July 2019 AspenCore, Inc. 17 May 2023 November 15 Yugoslavia announces the end of an economic boycott of Francoist Spain (although it does not reinstitute diplomatic relations).Abel Elie Elie Abel https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/yugoslavs-to-end-boycott-of-spain-early-resumption-of-trade.html YUGOSLAVS TO END BOYCOTT OF SPAIN; Early Resumption of Trade Expected--Renewal of Diplomatic Tie Hinted Ultimate Recognition Hinted Prospective Exchange Goods The New York Times 16 November 1957 Page 6, columns 6-7 17 May 2023 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash: A flying boat crash on the Isle of Wight leaves 45 dead.Associated Press https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/43-dead-in-crash-of-british-plane-flying-boat-with-58-falls-on-isle.html 43 DEAD IN CRASH OF BRITISH PLANE; Flying Boat With 58 Falls on Isle of Wight Soon After Southampton Take-Off The New York Times 16 November 1957 Page 1, column 2 17 May 2023Memorial to island plane crash https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7666185.stm BBC News Hampshire 12 October 2008 17 May 2023 November 16 – Adnan Menderes of the Democrat Party forms the new government of Turkey (23rd government, last government formed by DP and Menderes). November 30 Indonesian president Sukarno survives a grenade attack at the Cikini School in Jakarta, but several children are killed.Durdin Tillman F. Tillman Durdin https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/sukarno-escapes-assassin-but-grenades-kill-7-others-scores-hurt-in.html Sukarno Escapes Assassin, But Grenades Kill 7 Others; Scores Hurt in Bombing as Indonesia President Leaves a School SUKARNO ESCAPES ATTEMPT ON LIFE The New York Times 1 December 1957 Page 1, columns 2-3 23 May 2023 1957 New Zealand general election: The Labour Party defeats the governing National Party, with Walter Nash succeeding Keith Holyoake as Prime Minister.https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/new-zealand-votes-labor-into-power-labor-wins-vote-in-new-zealand.html New Zealand Votes Labor Into Power; LABOR WINS VOTE IN NEW ZEALAND The New York Times 1 December 1957 Page 1, column 7 23 May 2023 December December 1957 December 1 – In Indonesia, Sukarno announces the nationalization of 246 Dutch businesses. December 4 The Lewisham rail crash in London, UK, leaves 92 people dead.Langley Brig. C.A. Report on the Collision which occurred on 4th December 1957 near St. Johns station, Lewisham in the Southern Region British Railways London http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Lewisham1957.pdf Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1958 8 April 2023 1957 Bayankhongor Earthquake in Mongolia kills 30+ people December 5 – All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from Indonesia.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91252057 6 December 1957 INDONESIA TO EXPEL DUTCH AS REPRISAL The Canberra Times A.A.P.-Reuter 31 9,345 Page 1, columns 1-3 30 April 2023 Trove December 6 – The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, when the Vanguard rocket blows up on the launch pad.Project Mercury - A Chronology Part 1 (A) Major Events Leading to Project Mercury March 1944 through December 1957 Grimwood James M. NASA Special Publication-4001 https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p1a.htm NASA 8 April 2023 December 10 – Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson receives the Nobel Peace Prize, for his peacekeeping efforts in the United Nations.Lester Bowles Pearson – Acceptance Speech NobelPrize.org Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023 8 April 2023 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1957/pearson/acceptance-speech/ December 18 – A violent F5 tornado wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois.United States Weather Bureau F. W. Reichelderfer (U.S. Weather Bureau) Sinclair Weeks (Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce) Climatological Data National Summary December 1957 Climatological Data 1958 8 12 527 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-F34FBD0F-1D12-4032-8E41-3AF6B975E0EB.pdf 13 September 2023 United States Department of Commerce September 13, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230913171056/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-F34FBD0F-1D12-4032-8E41-3AF6B975E0EB.pdf dead December 20 – The Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time.http://www.aviation-history.com/boeing/707.html Boeing 707 The Aviation History Online Museum 15 October 2013 Larry Dwyer 30 April 2023April 2023 Date unknown Mao Zedong admits that 800,000 "class enemies" had been summarily liquidated in China between 1949 and 1954. Gruppe SPUR, an artistic collaboration, is founded in Germany. Raja Fashions, a tailoring business, is founded in Hong Kong.Confessore Nick Nicholas Confessore His Mission: Freeing Men From the Rack https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/nyregion/his-mission-freeing-men-from-the-rack.html?_r=0 The New York Times November 22, 2005 29 September 2016 The so-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium, is excavated. Three new neo-grotesque sans-serif typefaces are released: Folio (designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum), Neue Haas Grotesk (designed by Max Miedinger) and Univers (designed by Adrian Frutiger); all will be influential in the International Typographic Style of graphic design. Albeit the practice was in decline since the late 19th Century, and illegal since 1912, the very last new case of Chinese foot binding was reported this year.Li Xiu-ying. "Women with Bound Feet in China: Cessation of Bound Feet during the Communist Era". University of Virginia. https://web.archive.org/web/20200731081735/http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/clothes/lady_bound/ 2020-07-31. Excerpts from When I was a girl in China, stories collected by Joseph Rupp. Births births January thumb|100px|Katie Couric thumb|100px|John Lasseter thumb|100px|Steve Harvey thumb|100px|Ade Edmondson thumb|100px|Frank Miller January 1 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American DJ and record producer January 3 – Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier January 4 – Patty Loveless, American country music singerWhitburn Joel Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017 Record Research, Inc 2017 215 978-0-89820-229-8 January 6 – Nancy Lopez, American golferhttps://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/nancy-lopez-b-1957/ Nancy Lopez biography New Georgia Encyclopedia November 13, 2024 January 7 Katie Couric, American television host https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1 UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 7, 2019 United Press International January 7, 2019 September 21, 2019 September 21, 2019 https://archive.today/20190921143309/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1 live television personality Katie Couric in 1957 (age 62) Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey goaltender Julian Solís, Puerto Rican former world bantamweight champion boxer January 8 – David Lang, American composer January 9 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer January 11 Bryan Robson, English footballer Claude Criquielion, Belgian bike racer (d. 2015) January 12 – John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator January 13 Lorrie Moore, American writer Daniel Scioli, Argentine politician and sportsman January 14 – Anchee Min, Chinese writer January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-born African-American actor and directorOtfinowski Steven African Americans in the Visual Arts May 14, 2014 9781438107776 209 Infobase https://books.google.com/books?id=BcWHdpRoDkUC&pg=209 January 16 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor January 17 – Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actorSmith Jessie Carney Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes] 17 December 2010 ABC-CLIO 978-0-313-35797-8 650 https://books.google.com/books?id=10rEGSIItjgC&pg=PA650 en January 19 – Kenneth McClintock, former Secretary of State of Puerto Rico January 22 Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player (d. 2022) Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician January 23 – Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanoverhttps://www.palais.mc/en/princely-family/h-r-h-the-princess-of-hanover/biography-1-8.html HRH The Princess of Hanover Palais Princier de Monaco 13 November 2024 January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d. 2003) January 27 Frank Miller, American comic book writer Janick Gers, British heavy metal guitarist January 29 – Grażyna Miller, Polish poet January 30 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999) February thumb|100px |Dennis Brown thumb|100px|Danny Antonucci thumb|100px|Ainsley Harriott thumb|138x138px|Tharman Shanmugaratnam thumb|100px|John Turturro February 1 – Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d. 1999)Adebayo Dotun Dennis Brown: Child prodigy of Jamaican music and Bob Marley's chosen successor, he was brought low by drugs https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/03/guardianobituaries1 The Guardian 29 October 2024 2 July 1999 February 2 – Phil Barney, French singer February 5 – Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress February 6 Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's) February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager February 14 – Soile Isokoski, Finnish lyric soprano February 16 – LeVar Burton, African-American actorChase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 133 https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 en February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (Mummers' Dance) February 18 Marita Koch, German athlete Vanna White, American game show presenter (Wheel of Fortune) February 19 Falco, Austrian rock musician (d. 1998)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-falco-1144136.html Obituary: Falco Perrone Pierre The Independent 10 February 1998 Ray Winstone, British actor February 20 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach February 23 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009) February 25 – Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician, 9th President of Singapore February 27 Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the Cartoon Network show Ed, Edd n Eddy Timothy Spall, English actor February 28 Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer John Turturro, American actor, writer and director March thumb|100px|Osama bin Laden thumb|100px|Qasem Soleimani thumb|100px|Spike Lee thumb|100px|Lucio Gutiérrez thumb|100px|Christopher Lambert March 4 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor March 5 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (d. 2018)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/24/mark-e-smith-obituary Mark E Smith obituary The Guardian 24 January 2018 24 January 2018 March 6 – Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian March 8 – Clive Burr, British heavy metal drummer (d. 2013) March 9 Isabelle Olivieri, French agricultural engineer and biologist (d. 2016) Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician March 10 Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born terrorist and founder of al-Qaeda (d. 2011)2011-05-01 Osama bin Laden Was Target of Perhaps Largest Manhunt in US History https://www.voanews.com/a/osama-bin-laden-was-target-of-perhaps-largest-manhunt-in-us-history-121071569/138826.html 2025-04-05 Voice of America en Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician March 11 – Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (d. 2020) March 12 Val Demings, American politicianDEMINGS, Valdez https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000627 bioguide.congress.gov Marlon Jackson, African-American singer March 15 Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor Park Overall, American film and television actress Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat"Who is Steve Witkoff? 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Rowland, American Republican politician, Governor of Connecticut and felon May 26 François Legault, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebechttps://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/legault-francois-4131/biographie.html François Legault - National Assembly of Québec National Assembly of Quebec Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees) May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player May 29 – Ted Levine, American actor May 31 – Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player June thumb|100px|Tarek Shawki thumb|100px|Frances McDormand thumb|100px|Georgi Parvanov thumb|100px|Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director June 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player June 5 – Kim Tai-chung, Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d. 2011) June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter June 8 Scott Adams, American cartoonist (Dilbert) (d. 2026) Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: the ultimate go -to guide for special days, weeks and months Bernan Press 2018 9781641432641 315 Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress June 12 Timothy Busfield, American actor Gamal Al-Ghandour, Egyptian football referee Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer Tarek Shawki, Egyptian academic, 25th Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt June 14 – Maxi Jazz, British musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (d. 2022)Hard to describe, great to listen to Telegraph 21 January 1999 June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor June 19 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003) June 21 Michael Bowen, American actor Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal, Archbishop of Manila June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress June 25 – William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore June 27 – Erik Hamrén, Swedish football player June 28 – Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan June 30 – Silvio Orlando, Italian actor July alt=|thumb|140x140px|Kelly McGillis 100px|thumbnail|right|Stefan Löfven 100px|thumbnail|right|Bret Hart 100px|thumbnail|right|Theo van Gogh 100px|thumbnail|right|Nana Visitor 100px|thumbnail|right|Nellie Kim 100px|thumbnail|right|Fumio Kishida July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler July 4 Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand Jenny Seagrove, English actress M. 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The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke 2011 9781403939104 307 August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre directorPlaybill Vault's Today in Theatre History: August 25 https://playbill.com/article/playbill-vaults-today-in-theatre-history-august-25-com-107870 Playbill 8 June 2023 August 26 Dr. Alban, Nigerian-born Swedish singer Uzo, Nigerian-American film producer and director August 27 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer August 28 Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia Rick Rossovich, American actor Daniel Stern, American actor Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher August 29 Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001) Shirō Sagisu, Japanese composerja:BSテレ東 - 「大人のツボ！」 https://www.bs-tvtokyo.co.jp/tsubo/051209.html bs-tvtokyo.co.jp July 27, 2021 https://archive.today/20210727013803/https://www.bs-tvtokyo.co.jp/tsubo/051209.html July 27, 2021 ja December 9, 2005 live August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player August 31 Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's) Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d. 1999) September thumb|100px|Gloria Estefan thumb|100px|Ricardo Montaner thumb|100px|Hans Zimmer thumb|100px|Kevin Rudd thumb|100px|Michael Madsen thumb|100px|Bongbong Marcos September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer September 6 – José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal September 7 – Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete September 8 – Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer September 11 – Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer September 12 Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singerhttps://www.albawaba.com/amp/entertainment/voice-kadim-al-sahir-442796 Kadim feels the love: Star celebrates his birthday on-set of the Voice Rachel Ward, English-born actress Hans Zimmer, German composer September 13 Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines Cesare Bocci, Italian actor Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer September 18 – Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player September 20 – Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter September 21 Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia September 22 Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collectorRevista ETIQUETA http://www.turevistaonline.com/revistas/loscien/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190516174541/http://www.turevistaonline.com/revistas/loscien/index.html usurped May 16, 2019 Publicación Mitra 53 6 September 24 – Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer, producer and voice actor September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor (d. 2025) September 26 – Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager September 27 – Peter Sellars, American theatre director September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedianhttps://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/13535/Andrew-Dice-Clay/biography https://web.archive.org/web/20140413093845/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/13535/Andrew-Dice-Clay/biography dead April 13, 2014 Andrew Dice Clay Sandra Brennan, Rovi Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times 2014 October 5, 2014 September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress October thumb|100px|Bernie Mac thumb|132x132px|Paul Kagame thumb|100px|Nancy Cartwright thumb|100px|Julie Dawn Cole thumb|100px|Dan Castellaneta thumb|100px|Ahmet Kaya October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actorhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/fagerbakke-bill-1957 Fagerbakke, Bill 1957– Encyclopedia.com 24 May 2023 October 5 – Bernie Mac, African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008)Actor And Comedian Bernie Mac Dies At Age 50 http://cbs2chicago.com/local/bernie.mac.dead.2.791473.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091021070158/http://cbs2chicago.com/local/bernie.mac.dead.2.791473.html 21 October 2009 9 August 2008 CBS 2 Chicago Chicago Area Local News CBS Broadcasting, Inc. 24 May 2023http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/documents/2007sweethome.pdf Sweet Home Cook County Cook County Clerk https://web.archive.org/web/20160528132937/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/documents/2007sweethome.pdf 28 May 2016 31 May 2023 October 7 – Jayne Torvill, British ice dancer and OlympianJayne Torvill https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82881 Olympedia OlyMADMen 24 May 2023 October 8 Magdalena Cajías, Bolivian academic, historian, and politicianEl Gabinete de Evo Morales CAJIAS DE LA VEGA MARIA MAGDALENA El Deber es https://data.eldeber.com.bo/seccion/gabinete/funcionarios.html#059084 27 May 2023 October 9 – Herman Brusselmans, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnisthttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12075031c Notice de personne "Brusselmans, Herman (1957-....)" 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Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 30 January 2014 31 May 2023 October 31 Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activistKendall Justin The New Fred http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-new-fred/Content?oid=2183486&showFullText=true Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20160323173519/http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-new-fred/Content?oid=2183486&showFullText=true 23 March 2016 The Pitch 2 November 2006 KC Communications, LL.C. 24 May 2023 Robert Pollard, American musicianhttp://www.nudeasthenews.com/features/39 Wenzel John Guided By Voices History: Part I: 1983-1994 Features https://web.archive.org/web/20100808205330/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/features/39 8 August 2010 Nude as the News 24 May 2023 November thumb|100px|Peter Ostrum thumb|100px|Dolph Lundgren thumb|100px|Tony Abbott thumb|100px|Goodluck Jonathan thumb|100px|Caroline Kennedy November 1 – Peter Ostrum, American actor and veterinarian2005-07-18 Original Charlie Bucket keeps low profile https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8545067 live Today Lowville, New York MSNBC https://web.archive.org/web/20121124073720/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/8545067/ 2012-11-24 2018-10-30 Peter Ostrum turned down three-picture deal after original 'Wonka' November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artisthttps://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/11/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Nov-3-2021/2901635866158/ ((United Press International)) United Press International UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 3 November 2021 United Press International, Inc. 13 May 2023 November 4 Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australiahttps://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=EZ5 Hon Tony Abbott AC Parliament of Australia Senators and Members 14 May 2023 Aleksandr Tkachyov, Soviet gymnastAleksandr Tkachov https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31273 Olympedia OlyMADMen 24 May 2023 November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb122288815 Notice de personne "Hexum, Jon-Erik (1957-1984)" Person notice "Hexum, Jon-Erik (1957-1984)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 16 December 1991 14 May 2023 November 6 Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singerhttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141649864 Notice de personne "Clarke, Cam (1957-....)" 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Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 31 December 2004 15 May 2023 Ciro Gomes, Brazilian lawyer and politicianCiro Gomes Allen Andrew Picanço Lara Prado Mariana https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/ciro-gomes-bio.pdf Woodrow Wilson Center, Brazil Institute 16 May 2023 Klaus Kleinfeld, German business executivehttps://www.reuters.com/article/alcoa-kleinfeld-idUSN1526929820070815 NEWSMAKER-Ex-Siemens CEO Kleinfeld: Alcoa heir-apparent ((Reuters Staff)) Reuters Company News and Press Releases 15 August 2007 16 May 2023 Lori Singer, American actress and musicianhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lori_singer Lori Singer Rotten Tomatoes Fandango 15 May 2023 November 7 – Christopher Knight, American actorChristopher Knight Biography Biography.com https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-knight-591412 13 May 2023 A&E Television Networks 2 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002536/https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-knight-591412?page=2 6 February 2018 November 9 – Magalvi Estaba, Venezuelan politicianEstaba Mata Magalvi Jose - Edo. Nva.esparta - Venezuela https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/estaba-mata-magalvi-jose-11489458 2022-04-29 Dateas.com November 10 – George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian2025-03-04 Space Ghost voice actor George Lowe dies at 67 https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/george-lowe-dead-space-ghost-voice-b2708902.html 2025-06-23 The Independent en November 11 Vince DiCola, American composerMay 2023 Ana Pastor, Spanish politician19 cosas que no sabías de Ana Pastor 19 things you didn't know about Ana Pastor https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2016/07/19/ana-pastor-_n_11064754.html Ruiz Valdivia Antonio HuffPost 19 July 2016 es 16 May 2023 November 12 – Cécilia Attias, wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozyhttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15619125w Notice de personne "Attias, Cécilia (1957-....)" Person notice "Attias, Cécilia (1957-....)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 24 April 2019 16 May 2023 November 13 Greg Abbott, American attorney and politicianhttps://www.nga.org/governors/texas/ Greg Abbott National Governors Association 16 May 2023 Roger Ingram, American jazz musician, author, educator, trumpet designerRoger Ingram Jazz Musicians https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/roger-ingram All About Jazz 11 December 2021 16 May 2023 November 14 – Gregg Burge, American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)Gregg Burge - Broadway Cast & Staff https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gregg-burge-33655 Internet Broadway Database The Broadway League 16 May 2023 November 15 – Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitaristThe Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Colin Larkin Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-580-8 138 November 18 – Olivia Heussler, Swiss photojournalisthttps://recherche.sik-isea.ch/en/sik:person-11261954/in/sikart/actor/list Olivia Heussler SIKART 17 May 2023 November 19 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)Shahar Nathan Nathan Shahar Ofra Haza Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women 31 December 1999 Jewish Women's Archive 17 May 2023 https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/haza-ofra Tom Virtue, American actorTom Virtue https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tom-virtue Rotten Tomatoes Fandango 13 May 2023 November 20 Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (d. 1985)https://www.stefan-bellof.de/en-us/stefanbellof/ About Stefan Bellof: His live [sic] Stefan Bellof Official ck-Merchandising GmbH en 16 May 2023 John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)19546 John Eriksen 16 May 2023 Goodluck Jonathan, 14th President of NigeriaLawson Heyford 16 May 2023 20 10 http://www.thesourceng.com/jonathanprofiledec11.htm Jonathan: A Colossus at 49 dead The Source Lagos https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035548/http://www.thesourceng.com/jonathanprofiledec11.htm 11 December 2006 Summit Publications Ltd. 15 January 2009 Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress, director and producerhttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14200353g Notice de personne "Lorain, Sophie (1957-....)" 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Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 26 September 2022 17 May 2023 November 22 Don Newman, American basketball coach and player (d. 2018)https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/don-newman-1.html Don Newman Coaching Record Sports Reference LLC 17 May 2023https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/sep/13/idaho-vandal-hall-of-fame-basketball-player-don-ne/ Meehan Jim Idaho Vandals Hall of Fame basketball player Don Newman dies at age 60 The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Idaho Basketball 13 September 2018 17 May 2023 Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to PlutoScience https://www.science.org/content/article/feature-how-alan-stern-s-tenacity-drive-and-command-got-nasa-spacecraft-pluto Hand Eric Feature: How Alan Stern's tenacity, drive, and command got a NASA spacecraft to Pluto People & Events 25 June 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 13 May 2023 November 23 – William Kaelin Jr., American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize laureateWilliam G. Kaelin Jr – Facts – 2019 NobelPrize.org Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023 13 May 2023 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/kaelin/facts/ November 24 – Denise Crosby, American screen actressBing Crosby's Son To Be Subpenaed Today In Calif., Paternity Suit. Monticello Daily Herald 10 April 1959 https://www.newspapers.com/image/890157612/ 18 March 2023 Newspapers.com November 26 Kevin Kamenetz, American politician (d. 2018)Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=GwY8AQAAIAAJ&q=Kevin+Kamenetz+1957 The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory August 31, 1992 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated 9781561600212https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/05/10/kevin-kamenetzs-sudden-death-ends-steady-rise-in-baltimore-county-maryland-politics/ Donovan Doug Wood Pamela Kevin Kamenetz's sudden death ends steady rise in Baltimore County, Maryland politics The Baltimore Sun Politics 10 May 2018 22 May 2023 Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriterhttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/matthias-reim-mn0000494542/biography Jeffries David Matthias Reim Biography, Songs, & Albums AllMusic, Netaktion LLC 22 May 2023 November 27 Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driverhttps://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Kenneth_Acheson Kenneth Acheson Allen Brown OldRacingCars.com 11 February 2022 22 May 2023May 2023 Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)http://www.leikhusid.is/frettir/nanar/5232/edda-heidrun-backman-latin Edda Heiðrún Backman látin Edda Heiðrún Backman passed away 3 October 2016 11 October 2016 is 22 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20161011141328/http://www.leikhusid.is/frettir/nanar/5232/edda-heidrun-backman-latin ÞjóðleikhúsiðEdda Heidrun Backman Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/edda_heidrun_backman Fandango 22 May 2023 Caroline Kennedy, American author, attorney and daughter of 35th President John F. Kennedyhttps://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/28/archives/child-to-the-john-kennedys.html Child to the John Kennedys The New York Times 28 November 1957 Page 58, column 6 22 May 2023Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy Library Foundation John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 3 October 2006 http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK%2BLibrary%2Band%2BMuseum/Kennedy%2BLibrary%2BFoundation/Board%2Bof%2BDirectors/Caroline%2BKennedy%2BPresident.htm 13 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20061003174351/http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK%2BLibrary%2Band%2BMuseum/Kennedy%2BLibrary%2BFoundation/Board%2Bof%2BDirectors/Caroline%2BKennedy%2BPresident.htm November 30 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedianWilliams Paul Colin Mochrie The Canadian Encyclopedia 4 March 2015 Historica Canada https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/colin-mochrie 23 May 2023 December thumb|100px|Michael Clarke Duncan thumb|100px|Hamid Karzai December 1 Tjahjo Kumolo, Indonesian politician (d. 2022)Pemprov Babel Berduka atas Wafatnya Tjahjo Kumolo https://babelprov.go.id/berita_detil/pemprov-babel-berduka-atas-wafatnya-tjahjo-kumolo babelprov.go.id Provincial Government of the Bangka Belitung 1 July 2022 id Provincial Government of Babylon mourns the death of Tjahjo Kumolo 1 July 2022 Dikutip dari berbagai sumber dan situs pribadinya, Tjahjo Kumolo lahir di Surakarta Jawa Tengah pada 1 Desember 1957. Ia adalah seorang politikus Indonesia yang saat ini menjabat sebagai Menteri PANRB Indonesia sejak 23 Oktober 2019 pada Kabinet Indonesia Maju. [Quoted from various sources and his personal website, Tjahjo Kumolo was born in Surakarta, Central Java on 1 December 1957. He is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as Minister of PANRB Indonesia since 23 October 2019 in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet.] 2 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220702000735/https://babelprov.go.id/berita_detil/pemprov-babel-berduka-atas-wafatnya-tjahjo-kumolo liveRiwayat Penyakit Tjahjo Kumolo hingga Alami Komplikasi History of Tjahjo Kumolo's Disease to Experiencing Complications https://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20220701121427-255-815963/riwayat-penyakit-tjahjo-kumolo-hingga-alami-komplikasi 1 July 2022 CNN Indonesia id-ID 1 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220701062300/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20220701121427-255-815963/riwayat-penyakit-tjahjo-kumolo-hingga-alami-komplikasi live Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/vesta-williams-obituary?pid=153772693 Vesta Williams Obituary The Associated Press Cleveland Plain Dealer 23 September 2011 1 May 2023 December 3 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician December 4 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate December 6 Thomas Brinkman, American politician Andrew Cuomo, American politicianhttps://www.syracuse.com/state/2020/03/who-is-andrew-cuomo-about-the-ny-governor-leading-coronavirus-response-in-state.html Who is Andrew Cuomo? About the NY governor leading coronavirus response in state New York State 23 March 2020 Syracuse.com Advance Local Media LLC 8 April 2023 December 7 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)https://press.un.org/en/2017/bio4963.doc.htm United Nations New Permanent Representative of Nigeria Presents Credentials 3 May 2017 30 April 2023 December 9 José Luis Gil, Spanish actor and voice actorJosé Luis Gil: "Trabajo como actor desde los diez aňos" José Luis Gil: "I've been working as an actor since I was ten years old" 3 December 2011 http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/nova/135457.html Maira Ángeles F. El Progreso es https://web.archive.org/web/20111205064612/http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/nova/135457.html 5 December 2011 29 April 2023 Peter O'Mara, Australian jazz guitarist and composerhttps://www.schott-music.com/en/person/index/index/urlkey/peter-o-mara Peter O'Mara Schott Music Group 30 April 2023 Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (The Osmonds)https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/donny-osmond-55246 Donny Osmond - Broadway Cast & Staff Internet Broadway Database The Broadway League 29 April 2023 December 10 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)https://rocklandtimes.com/2012/09/06/michael-clarke-duncan-54-remembered-as-actor-and-bodyguard/ Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Remembered as Actor and Bodyguard Abbatecola Vincent Rockland County Times 6 September 2012 29 April 2023 Paul Hardcastle, English musicianhttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139322134 Notice de personne "Hardcastle, Paul (1957-....)" Person notice "Hardcastle, Paul (1957-....)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 8 July 2004 29 April 2023 José Mário Vaz, former President of Guinea-Bissauhttps://books.google.com/books?id=PBs9DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA563 Guinea-Bissau The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World The Statesman's Yearbook London Palgrave Macmillan 2016 563 978-1-349-68398-7 10.1007/978-1-349-68398-7 30 April 2023 Google Books December 12 – Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actresshttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/sheila-e-mn0000019953/biography Erlewine Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Erlewine Sheila E. Biography, Songs, & Albums AllMusic, Netaktion LLC 8 April 2023 December 13 – Steve Buscemi, American actorFamous birthdays for Dec. 13: Steve Buscemi, Jamie Foxx ((UPI Staff)) https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/12/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-13-Steve-Buscemi-Jamie-Foxx/7841639324644/ https://archive.today/20220131222750/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/12/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-13-Steve-Buscemi-Jamie-Foxx/7841639324644/ 31 January 2022 13 December 2021 United Press International, Inc. Entertainment News 29 April 2023 December 15 – Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress December 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn, a neo-nazi party December 17 – Doug Parker, Canadian voice actor and voice directorDoug Parker Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/doug_parker Fandango 30 April 2023 December 19 Kevin McHale, American basketball playerKevin McHale Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mchalke01.html Sports Reference LLC 29 April 2023 Tracy Pew, Australian musician (d. 1986)https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpkCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA214 Tracy Pew The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches Simmonds Jeremy Chicago, Illinois Chicago Review Press Second 2012 214–215 978-1-61374-478-9 30 April 2023 Google Books December 20 Billy Bragg, British singerhttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13933647s Notice de personne "Bragg, Billy (1957-....)" Person notice "Bragg, Billy (1957-....)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 24 November 2020 30 April 2023 Joyce Hyser, American actresshttp://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150052505 Notice de personne "Hyser, Joyce (1957-....)" Person notice "Hyser, Joyce (1957-....)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 1 December 2005 29 April 2023 Anna Vissi, Greek singerhttps://www.zimbio.com/Anna+Vissi Anna Vissi Zimbio Livingly Media, Inc. 30 April 2023 December 21 Tom Henke, American baseball playerhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henketo01.shtml Tom Henke Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More Sports Reference LLC 29 April 2023 Ray Romano, American actor and comedianhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ray-romano/bio/170997/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160342/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ray-romano/bio/170997/ Ray Romano Biography TV Guide 9 September 2015 29 April 2023 December 24 – Hamid Karzai, President of AfghanistanThe Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/20/afghanistan The Observer profile 19 July 2008 29 April 2023 Burke Jason Jason Burke Hard man in a hard country 2 October 2013 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131002173328/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/20/afghanistan?gusrc=rss&feed=global December 25 – Shane MacGowan, English-born Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues) (died 2023)About Shane MacGowan https://www.shanemacgowan.com/about/ MacGowan Siobhan Siobhan MacGowan Shane MacGowan 29 April 2023 December 29 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German film director December 30 Matt Lauer, American newscaster((Britannica)) ((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) Matt Lauer Encyclopedia Britannica 29 March 2023 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matt-Lauer 9 April 2023 Joanna Pacuła, Polish actresshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HaIkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,2447026&dq=joanna-pacula&hl=en Gefen Pearl Sheffy Joanna Pacula: Born under lucky star The Montreal Gazette 4 December 1984 Page E-1, columns 1-4 She had begun to work as a model and "earned my first money doing some pictures for cosmetics" when the lucky star which has guided her 26 years thus far twinkled again... "I was born on Dec. 30, so my life is always close to beginnings," speculates this off-beat offspring of a totally untheatrical family. 9 April 2023 Google News Deaths Deaths Category:1957 deaths January thumb|100px|Humphrey Bogart January 4 – Theodor Körner, Austrian statesman, 5th President of Austria (b. 1873) January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)Marie-Lise Gazarian-Gautier The Walking Geography of Gabriela Mistral Marjorie Agosín Gabriela Mistral: The Audacious Traveler Athens Ohio University Press 2003 270 978-0-89680-230-8 January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899) January 16 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English army officer and colonial administrator (b. 1874) Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867) January 20 – James Brendan Connolly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1868) January 26 Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906) William Eythe, American actor (b. 1918) José Linhares, Brazilian lawyer, 15th President of Brazil (b. 1886)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/27/archives/jose-linhares-71-of-brazil-is-dead-retired-chief-justice-was.html Jose Linhares, 71, of Brazil is dead; Retired Chief Justice Was President for 3 Months After Revolt by Dutra January 27, 1957 New York Times September 30, 2021 Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician (b. 1887)January 26, 1957 Mamoru Shigemitsu, 69, Dead; Surrendered for Japan to Allies; Former Foreign Minister Was Imprisoned for War Crime --Led Nation Into U.N. Made Peace Overtures Entered Foreign Ministry Tried With Tojo https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/26/archives/mamoru-shigemitsu-69-dead-surrendered-for-japan-to-allies-former.html The New York Times August 15, 2020 February thumb|100px|John von Neumann thumb|100px|Miklós Horthy February 1 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (b. 1890) February 2 – Julia Morgan, American architect (b. 1872) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julia-Morgan Julia Morgan Encyclopedia Britannica January 16, 2024 February 4 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter (b. 1904) February 8 Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) John von Neumann, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1903) February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1868) February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)Associated Press Laura I. Wilder, Author, Dies at 90. Writer of the 'Little House' Series for Children Was an Ex-Newspaper Editor. Wrote First Book at 65 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/02/12/archives/laura-i-wilder-author-dies-at-90-writer-of-the-little-house-series.html The New York Times February 12, 1957 October 24, 2012 February 16 Josef Hofmann, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876) Sir John Townsend, Irish mathematical physicist (b. 1868) https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sealy-Townsend Sir John Sealy Townsend Irish physicist Encyclopedia Britannica February 12, 2024 February 18 Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader, executed (b. 1920) Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877) February 19 – Märta Torén, Swedish actress (b. 1925) February 20 – Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish politician and academic (b. 1878) February 25 – Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893) March thumb|100px|Ramon Magsaysay thumb|100px|Gheorghe Tătărescu March 4 – Larbi Ben M'hidi, Algerian revolutionary leader (executed in Paul Aussaresses custody) (b. 1923)2021-11-29 Ben M'hidi - One Of The Greatest Heroes Of Algeria I Love Africa https://iloveafrica.com/ben-mhidi-one-of-the-greatest-heroes-of-algeria/ 2023-09-03 en-US March 5 – William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer (b. 1896) March 6 – Sir Alexander Godley, British general (b. 1867) March 7 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter (b. 1882) March 8 János Esterházy, Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. 1901) Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer (b. 1886)https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C3974 Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) on Hyperion Records Hyperion Records March 11 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)Admiral Byrd Dies at 68. Made 5 Polar Expeditions. Admiral Flew Over Both Poles and Helped Establish Antarctic as a Continent https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/12/archives/admiral-byrd-dies-at-68-made-5-polar-expeditions-admiral-flew-over.html?sq=Richard+Evelyn+Byrd&scp=7&st=p The New York Times October 9, 1988 May 23, 2008 March 12 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877) March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930) March 16 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876) March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907) March 26 Édouard Herriot, French politician, 66th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872) Max Ophüls, German film director and writer (b. 1902) March 28 Gheorghe Tătărescu, Romanian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1886) Jack B. Yeats, Irish artist (b. 1871)https://www.newspapers.com/image/259667654/?match=1&terms=jack%20yeats Mr Jack Yeats The Manchester Guardian 6 29 March 1957 23 July 2025 Newspapers.com March 29 – Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888) March 31 – Gene Lockhart, Canadian actor (b. 1891) April thumb|100px|Pedro Infante April 3 – Ned Sparks, Canadian character actor (b. 1883) April 4 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)EGERTON HERBERT NORMAN April 6 – Pierina Morosini, Italian Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr and blessed (b. 1931) April 8 Dorothy Sebastian, American actress (b. 1903) Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1880) April 15 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917) April 16 Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (b. 1888)Dr. P. H. van der Hoog Overleden Dr. P. H. van der Hoog Dies Dutch https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000848042:mpeg21:a00079 Het Vaderland 18 April 1957 's-Gravenhage 6 Johnny Torrio, Italian-born American gangster (b. 1882) April 23 – Roy Campbell, South African poet (b. 1901)Anna and Teresa Campbell (2011), Remembering Roy Campbell: The Memoirs of His Daughters Anna and Tess, Winged Lion Press. Edited by Judith Lütge Coullie. Preface by Joseph Pearce. Page 1. April 24 – Elizabeth Hesselblad, Swedish nurse and Roman Catholic saint (b. 1870) April 25 – Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1880) April 26 – Elinor Fair, American actress (b. 1903) May thumb|100px|Joseph McCarthy thumb|100px|Eliot Ness May 1 – Grant Mitchell, American actor (b. 1874) May 2 – Joseph McCarthy, American senator (b. 1908) May 4 – Katie Johnson, British actress (b. 1878) May 7 Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (b. 1877) Zenón Noriega Agüero, Peruvian general, interim President of Peru (b. 1900) May 9 Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892) Heinrich Campendonk, German-Dutch painter and graphic designer (b. 1889) May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor and director (b. 1885) May 13 – Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886) May 14 – Marie Vassilieff, Soviet artist (b. 1884) May 16 – Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent (b. 1903) May 17 – Francesco Balilla Pratella, Italian composer (b. 1880) May 20 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-British classical scholar and intellectual (b. 1866) May 21 – Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer and actor (b. 1889)http://russia-ic.com/people/culture_art/v/239/ Alexander Vertinsky poet, singer and actor :: people :: Russia-InfoCentre russia-ic.com May 29 – James Whale, English film director (b. 1889) May 31 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878) June thumb|100px|Jimmy Dorsey thumb|100px|Johannes Stark June 1 Luisa Casati, Italian patron of the arts (b. 1881) Russell Hicks, American actor (b. 1895)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/03/archives/russell-hicks-character-actor-is-dead-appeared-in-many-stage-and.html Russell Hicks, Character Actor, Is Dead; Appeared in Many Stage and Film Roles; Appeared in Early Movies The New York Times June 3, 1957 June 6 – Kulyash Baiseitova, Soviet composer (b. 1912) June 12 – Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician (b. 1904) June 13 – Irving Baxter, American athlete (b. 1876) June 15 – Princess Norina Matchabelli, Italian perfumier (b. 1881) June 17 Dorothy Richardson, English feminist writer (b. 1873)Gloria G. Fromm Dorothy Richardson: A Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=hChbAAAAMAAJ 1977 University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-00631-9 394 Augusto Samuel Boyd, 20th President of Panama (b. 1879) June 21 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) June 23 – Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum, Syrian patriarch (b. 1887) June 24 – František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist (b. 1871) June 26 Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878) Sandford John Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture Routledge London New York 1999 9781136816031 155 Malcolm Lowry, English poet and novelist (b. 1909)Slide Anthony Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film 2004 Scarecrow Press 978-0810850163 65 June 27 Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924) Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (b. 1900)http://www.lukashartmann.ch/pdf/1.7.a.Erw.Tochter%20Materialien.pdf Materialien zum Lukas Hartmanns Roman "Die Tochter des Jägers" Hartmann Lukas Lukas Hartmann de October 23, 2017 March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201811/http://www.lukashartmann.ch/pdf/1.7.a.Erw.Tochter%20Materialien.pdf live July thumb|100px|Grace Coolidge July 3 – Judy Tyler, American actress (b. 1932) July 8 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879) July 10 – Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist and essayist (b. 1880)The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century Taylor & Francis 2004 86 9781135456078 July 11 – Aga Khan III, 48th Nizari Imam (b. 1877) July 15 George Cleveland, Canadian actor (b. 1885) James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920 (b. 1870) July 23 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (b. 1896)https://palermo.repubblica.it/societa/2017/07/23/news/l_ultima_beffa_al_gattopardo_sulla_lapide_c_e_una_data_di_morte_sbagliata-171456343 "L'ultima beffa al "Gattopardo", sulla lapide c'è una data di morte sbagliata" - The latest joke at the Leopard, on the tombstone is a wrong death date Giusi Spica 23 July 2017 La Repubblica July 24 Metodija Andonov-Čento, Macedonian statesman (b. 1902) Sacha Guitry, Russian-born French playwright, actor and director (b. 1885) Morley Sheridan 1986 The Great Stage Stars London Angus & Robertson 0816014019 registration https://archive.org/details/greatstagestarsd0000morl 153 July 26 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Guatemalan military officer and politician, 28th President of Guatemala (b. 1914) July 28 Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator and author (b. 1876) Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (d. 1895)http://www.mnbhof.org/Minnesota_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame/Mike_ODowd.html Mike O'Dowd www.mnbhof.org July 31 – Solanus Casey, beatified American priest (b. 1870) August thumb|100px|Washington Luís August 3 – Devdas Gandhi, youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1900) August 4 – Washington Luís, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869) August 5 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) August 7 – Oliver Hardy, American actor (b. 1892) August 10 – Leo Bagrow, Russian-born historian of cartography (b. 1881) August 11 – Rudolf Weigl, Polish biologist (b. 1883)https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-06/rudolf-weigl-the-schindler-of-science-who-saved-thousands-from-the-nazis.html Rudolf Weigl: the Schindler of science who saved thousands from the Nazis Alberto López September 6, 2021 El País 23 July 2025 August 16 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) August 19 – David Bomberg, British Vorticist painter (b. 1890) August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras (b. 1885) August 21 Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1899) Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian oceanographer (b. 1888)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Ulrik-Sverdrup Harold Ulrik Sverdrup Encyclopedia Britannica 23 July 2025 August 23 – Eugène Schueller, French chemist and entrepreneur (b. 1881)https://www.newspapers.com/image/409335929/?match=1&terms=eugene%20schueller Eugene Schueller Daily News 28 August 26, 1957 23 July 2025 Newspapers.com August 30 – Harold Gatty, Australian aviator (b. 1903) September thumb|100px|right|Jean Sibelius September 1 – Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b. 1921) September 16 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864) September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865) September 21 – King Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872) September 22 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) October thumb|100px|right|Christian Dior thumb|100px|right|Gerty Cori October 3 – Lőrinc Szabó, Hungarian poet (b. 1900)http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121724986 Notice de personne "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" Person notice "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 23 April 2015 24 May 2023 October 4 – Pierneef, South African artist (b. 1886)Loots Andries J.H. Pierneef ( 1886 - 1957 ) http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090530031138/http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm 30 May 2009 vgallery.co.za 28 August 2000 2 June 2023 October 8 – Hassiba Ben Bouali, Algerian militant (b. 1938)CASBAH DEATH TOLL 17; 2 Terrorists Among Victims of Accidental Blast The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/10/archives/casbah-death-toll-17-2-terrorists-among-victims-of-accidental-blast.html 10 October 1957 Page 8, column 7 27 May 2023 October 13 – Erich Auerbach, German philologist (b. 1892)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Auerbach Erich Auerbach | German philologist, literary critic, historian | Britannica www.britannica.com October 19 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist (b. 1892)Prehistorian: A Biography of V. Gordon Childe Green Sally 1981 Moonraker Press Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire 978-0-2390-0206-8 154 October 20 – Jack Buchanan, British actor (b. 1891) Hardy Phil The Da Capo companion to 20th-century popular music Da Capo Press New York 1995 9780306806407 124 October 23 – Frederick Burton, American actor (b. 1871)https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022112/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c dead March 6, 2016 Frederick Burton British Film Institute Films, TV and people 1 June 2023 October 24 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)DIOR, 52, CREATOR OF 'NEW LOOK,' DIES; Designer Won Fame in 1947 for Style Innovation Christian Dior Is Dead at 52; Designer Created 'New Look' 'Tyrant of Hemlines' 'Luxury Must Be Defended' The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/dior-52-creator-of-newlook-dies-designer-won-fame-in-1947-for-style.html 24 October 1957 Page 1, column 8 1 June 2023 October 25 Albert Anastasia, American gangster (b. 1902)Berger Meyer Meyer Berger ANASTASIA SLAIN IN A HOTEL HERE; LED MURDER, INC.; Victim's Brothers The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/anastasia-slain-in-a-hotel-here-led-murder-inc-victims-brothers.html 26 October 1957 Page 1, columns 7-8 2 June 2023 Lord Dunsany, Irish author (b. 1878)((Britannica)) ((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany Encyclopedia Britannica 21 October 2022 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-John-Moreton-Drax-Plunkett-18th-Baron-of-Dunsany 24 May 2023 October 26 Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)Gerty Cori – Facts NobelPrize.org Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023 24 May 2023 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/cori-gt/facts/ Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)((Britannica)) ((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) Níkos Kazantzákis Encyclopedia Britannica 14 February 2023 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nikos-Kazantzakis 24 May 2023 October 27 – Giovanni Battista Caproni, Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. 1886)GIANNI CAPRONI, PLANE DESIGNER; Builder for Italians of 100 Aircraft Types Dies--First Was Tested in 1910 Airplane Bore Name The New York Times AP https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/gianni-caproni-plane-designer-builder-for-italians-of-100-aircraft.html 30 October 1957 Page 29, column 3 Gianni Caproni, Italian aviation pioneer credited with giving General of the Armies John J. Pershing the idea of strategic bombing in World War I, died of a heart attack Sunday at the age of 71. His death was not announced until after the funeral today. 3 June 2023 October 29 José Patricio Guggiari, Paraguayan politician, 32nd President of Paraguay (b. 1884)JOSE GUGGIARI, 73, OF PARAGUAY DIES; President 1928 to 1932 Was Opposition Party Leader in Exile in Buenos Aires Long Party Ascendancy The New York Times UP https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/jose-guggiari-73-of-paraguay-dies-president-1928-to-1932-was.html 31 October 1957 Page 31, column 3 3 June 2023 Louis B. Mayer, American film studio mogul, former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (b. 1885)LOUIS B. MAYER, FILM MAKER, DIES; Former Production Chief of M-G-M, 72, Built Movies Around Leading Stars GUIDED GARBO TO FAME Highest Paid Executive in U.S. for 7 Years Resigned From Studio in 1951 Was Hollywood Czar Native of Russia Merged With Goldwyn Remarried in 1948 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/louis-b-mayer-film-maker-dies-former-production-chief-of-mgm-72.html 30 October 1957 Page 29, columns 1-2 3 June 2023 November thumb|100px|Diego Rivera thumb|100px|Prince George of Greece and Denmark November 2 – Ted Meredith, American Olympic athlete (b. 1891)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/05/archives/ted-meredith-64-starred-in-track-runner-who-won-800-meters-in-1912.html TED MEREDITH, 64, STARRED IN TRACK; Runner Who Won 800 Meters in 1912 Olympics in World Record Time Is Dead The New York Times 5 November 1957 Page 31, column 3 13 May 2023 November 3 Charles Brabin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)Parish James James Robert Parish Pitts Michael R. BRABIN, CHARLES J., b. April 17, 1883, Liverpool, Eng.; d. Nov. 3, 1957. Film Directors: A Guide to their American Films Scarecrow Press Metuchen, New Jersey 1974 9780810807525 573547659 https://archive.org/details/filmdirectorsgui00pari/page/42/mode/2up registration 14 May 2023 Internet Archive 42–43 Laika, Soviet space dog (b. c. 1954)Grahn Sven Sputnik-2, more news from distant history http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/sputnik2more.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112150/http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/sputnik2more.html 24 September 2015 14 May 2023May 2023 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1897)Wilhelm Reich Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2012 14 May 2023 22 November 2012 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496351/Wilhelm-Reich https://web.archive.org/web/20121122162345/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496351/Wilhelm-Reich November 4 Joseph Canteloube, French composer and singer (b. 1879)http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892124k Notice de personne "Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)" Person notice "Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 19 December 2020 14 May 2023 Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í leader (b. 1897)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/06/archives/shoghi-effendi-61-bahai-faith-leader.html SHOGHI EFFENDI, 61, BAHA'I FAITH LEADER The New York Times 6 November 1957 Page 35, column 2 14 May 2023 Grigore Preoteasa, Romanian activist (b. 1915)AP https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/06/archives/air-crash-kills-rumanian-aide-accident-at-moscow-airport-costs.html AIR CRASH KILLS RUMANIAN AIDE; Accident at Moscow Airport Costs Party Official's Life --Premier Stoica Safe The New York Times 6 November 1957 Page 2, column 3 14 May 2023 November 7 – Hasui Kawase, Japanese painter and printmaker (b. 1883)https://www.artelino.com/articles/hasui_kawase.asp Wanczura Dieter Kawase Hasui - 1883-1957 artelino 21 November 2020 16 May 2023 November 11 – Masao Maruyama, Japanese general (b. 1889)https://warfare.ueuo.com/dutcheastindies/maruyama.html Lieutenant-General Masao Maruyama Klemen. L. Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 en 2000 16 May 2023May 2023 November 13 – Antonín Zápotocký, 6th President and 15th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/13/archives/zapotocky-is-dead-czechs-president-zapotocky-dies-czech-president.html Zapotocky Is Dead; Czechs' President; ZAPOTOCKY DIES; CZECH PRESIDENT Architect of Coup Elected to Parliament The New York Times 13 November 1957 Page 1, column 2 16 May 2023 November 15 – Andrzej Bursa, Polish poet (b. 1932)http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12958231s Notice de personne "Bursa, Andrzej (1932-1957)" Person notice "Bursa, Andrzej (1932-1957)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 14 February 2012 17 May 2023 November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress (b. 1890)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/cora-witherspoon-actress-67-is-dead-performer-50-years-made-bow-at.html Cora Witherspoon, Actress, 67, Is Dead; Performer 50 Years Made Bow at 15; Worked for Belasco The New York Times AP 19 November 1957 Page 33, columns 2-3 17 May 2023 November 18 – Rudolf Diels, German Nazi civil servant and Gestapo chief (b. 1900)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/gestapo-chief-dies-in-accident.html Gestapo Chief Dies in Accident The New York Times 19 November 1957 7 17 May 2023 November 24 Prince George of Greece and Denmark, high commissioner of the Cretan State (b. 1869)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/26/archives/prince-george-of-greece-dies-uncle-of-king-paul-and-duke-of.html PRINCE GEORGE OF GREECE DIES; Uncle of King Paul and Duke of Edinburgh Succumbs at His French Home at 88 The New York Times 26 November 1957 Page 33, column 4 21 May 2023 Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/25/archives/diego-rivera-dies-in-mexico-at-70-painter-controversial-in-his-art.html DIEGO RIVERA DIES IN MEXICO AT 70; Painter, Controversial in His Art and Politics, Long Ill The New York Times 25 November 1957 Page 1, column 1 21 May 2023 November 25 – William V. Pratt, American admiral (b. 1869)https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/p/ua-484-08-adm-william-v--pratt-collection.html UA 484.08 ADM William V. Pratt Collection Naval History and Heritage Command 1 May 2025 November 26 Billy Bevan, Australian actor (b. 1887)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/29/archives/billy-bevan-is-dead-oldtime-screen-actor-had-been-a-keystone-kop.html BILLY BEVAN IS DEAD; Oldtime Screen Actor Had Been a Keystone Kop The New York Times 29 November 1957 Page 29, column 2 22 May 2023 Petros Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1884)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/27/archives/voulgaris-dies-greek-leader-73-vice-admiral-was-premier-of.html VOULGARIS DIES; GREEK LEADER, 73; Vice Admiral Was Premier of Transitional Government After the Liberation The New York Times 27 November 1957 Page 30, column 2 22 May 2023 November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/30/archives/erich-korngold-composer-dead-scores-for-films-won-two-academy.html ERICH KORNGOLD, COMPOSER, DEAD; Scores for Films Won Two Academy Awards--Wrote Many Operatic Works The New York Times 30 November 1957 Page 16, column 2 23 May 2023 November 30 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/beniamino-gigli-famed-tenor-dies-star-of-met-in-twenties-made-us.html BENIAMINO GIGLI, FAMED TENOR, DIES; Star of 'Met' in Twenties Made U.S. Recital Tours-- Cleared of Collaborating Colorful and Controversial Refused Salary Cut Criticized U.S. in War The New York Times 1 December 1957 Page 89, columns 1-2 19 May 2023 December thumb|100px|Robert Esnault-Pelterie December 2 – Harrison Ford, American silent film actor (b. 1884)Golden Eve Eve Golden Golden Images: 41 Essays On Silent Film Stars McFarland 2001 36 0-7864-0834-0 December 4 – Sir John Lavarack, Australian general, Governor of Queensland (b. 1885)David Horner David Horner Lavarack, Sir John Dudley (1885–1957) Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lavarack-sir-john-dudley-10790/text19137 2000 29 April 2023 December 6 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. 1881)Crouch Tom D. Tom D. Crouch Robert Esnault-Pelterie Encyclopedia Britannica 2 December 2022 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Esnault-Pelterie 8 April 2023 December 10 Maurice McLoughlin, American tennis champion (b. 1890)Maurice McLoughlin https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/maurice-mcloughlin 2023 International Tennis Hall of Fame 29 April 2023 Napoleon Zervas, Greek World War II Resistance leader (b. 1891)GENERAL ZERVAS, LEADER IN GREECE; Resistance Officer Who Was Right-Wing Politician Dead --Brother Dies of Shock Bold Guerrilla Leader Joined Venizelos Coup The New York Times Reuters 11 December 1957 https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/11/archives/general-zervas-leader-in-greece-resistance-officer-who-was.html Page 31, column 3 30 April 2023 December 11 – Musidora, French actress (b. 1889)https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1957/12/12/la-mort-de-musidora_2338577_1819218.html La mort de Musidora The death of Musidora R. G. Le Monde 12 December 1957 fr 29 April 2023 December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, Mexican actor (b. 1904) San Antonio Light 17 December 1957 20 December 17 – Dorothy L. Sayers, British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. 1893)Dorothy Sayers, Author, Dies at 64 https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/15/home/sayers-obit.html The New York Times 19 December 1957 31 August 2012 December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886)Payne Michael Life and Music of Eric Coates 2016 London Routledge 978-1-138-27149-4 218 December 24 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (b. 1894)Notice de personne "Talmadge, Norma (1894-1957)" Person notice "Talmadge, Norma (1894-1957)" http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14701519z Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 9 July 2021 29 April 2023 December 25 – Charles Pathé, French film pioneer (b. 1863)Notice de personne "Pathé, Charles (1863-1957)" Person notice "Pathé, Charles (1863-1957)" http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12778025c.public Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 27 August 2013 29 April 2023 December 31 – Óscar Domínguez, Spanish painter (b. 1906)Oscar Dominguez Biography The Annex Galleries https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4166/Dominguez/Oscar 9 April 2023 Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190903184929/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ dead September 3, 2019 National Geographic News 19 January 2021 en 19 May 2013 Chemistry – Lord Alexander R. 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