What Happened In April 1957 In History

Historical Events for April, 1957

• 1st » The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme 'Panorama (TV series) or Panorama'.
• 5th » In India, Communist Party of India or Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
• 6th » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• 9th » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
• 10th » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• 11th » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean Self-governance of Singapore named self-rule.
• 15th » White Rock, British Columbia officially separates from Surrey, British Columbia and is municipal incorporation called incorporated as a new city.
• 24th » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of United Nations Emergency Force named UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• 24th » The BBC first broadcast The Sky at Night presented by Patrick Moore

Famous Birthdays on April in 1957

• 1st » Andreas Deja, Polish-American animator
• 1st » David Gower, English cricketer
• 1st » Denise Nickerson, American actress
• 2nd » Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
• 3rd » Julia Hills, English actress
• 3rd » Michalis Rakintzis, Greek singer-songwriter
• 4th » Kelso (horse) known as Kelso, American race horse (d. 1983)
• 4th » Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 4th » Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
• 4th » Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player (Rats & Star)
• 6th » Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano
• 6th » Paolo A. Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut
• 7th » Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
• 8th » Anthony Michaels-Moore, English opera singer
• 8th » Fred Smerlas, American football player
• 9th » Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d. 2011)
• 9th » Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
• 10th » Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group
• 10th » John M. Ford, American author and poet (d. 2006)
• 10th » Steve Gustafson, Spanish-American bass player (10,000 Maniacs)
• 10th » Rosemary Hill, English historian and author
• 11th » Michael Card, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and radio host
• 11th » Richard Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 12th » Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author
• 12th » Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pure Prairie League and The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
• 13th » Amy Goodman, American journalist and author
• 13th » Gary Kroeger, American actor
• 13th » Dallas Moir, Maltese-Scottish cricketer
• 13th » Saundra Santiago, American actress
• 14th » Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
• 14th » Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor (d. 2007)
• 14th » Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 15th » Evelyn Ashford, American runner
• 16th » Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish author (d. 2009)
• 17th » Teri Austin, Canadian-American actress
• 17th » Nick Hornby, English author and screenwriter
• 17th » Julia Macur, English lawyer and judge
• 17th » Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress
• 19th » Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman
• 19th » Tony Martin (British singer) Tony Martin, English singer-songwriter (Black Sabbath, Giuntini Project (band) Giuntini Project, and Empire (band) Empire)
• 20th » Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor
• 20th » Graeme Fowler, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 20th » Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (d. 2013)
• 21st » Brutus Beefcake, American wrestler
• 21st » Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
• 21st » Jesse Orosco, American baseball player
• 21st » Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
• 22nd » Donald Tusk, Polish politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
• 23rd » Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
• 23rd » Jan Hooks, American actress
• 23rd » Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
• 24th » Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English politician
• 24th » David J, English bass player (Bauhaus (band) named Bauhaus and Love and Rockets (band) or Love and Rockets)
• 24th » Boris Williams, French-English drummer (The Cure, Thompson Twins, and Babacar (band) or Babacar)
• 25th » Eric Bristow, English darts player
• 25th » Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 26th » Michel Barrette, Canadian comedian and actor
• 26th » Diane Hébert, Canadian medical patient (d. 2008)
• 26th » Edwina Hart, Welsh politician
• 27th » Willie Upshaw, American baseball player
• 28th » Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
• 29th » Daniel Day-Lewis, English-Irish actor and singer
• 29th » Geoffrey Gould, American actor
• 29th » Mark Kendall (guitarist) called Mark Kendall, American guitarist and songwriter (Great White)
• 29th » Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician
• 29th » Timothy Treadwell, American ecologist (d. 2003)
• 30th » Aviva Chomsky, American historian and author

Famous Deaths for April 1957

• 4th » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 15th » Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
• 16th » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mobster (b. 1882)
• 24th » Harry McClintock, American singer (b. 1882)
• 26th » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 28th » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)

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