What Happened In February 1957 In History

Historical Events for February, 1957

• 2nd » Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
• 3rd » Senegalese political party Democratic Rally (Senegal) or Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).
• 18th » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• 18th » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person Capital punishment in New Zealand called legally executed in New Zealand.
• 22nd » Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam survives a Vietcong e.g communist shooting assassination attempt in Ban Me Thuot.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1957

• 1st » Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
• 1st » Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Chico Serra, Brazilian race car driver
• 3rd » Steven Stapleton, English singer-songwriter (Nurse With Wound, Current 93)
• 4th » Don Davis (composer) or Don Davis, American composer and conductor
• 4th » Evan Wolfson, American lawyer and activist
• 5th » Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician
• 6th » Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs
• 6th » Kathy Najimy, American actress
• 6th » Simon Phillips (drummer) Simon Phillips, English drummer (Toto (band) Toto, Michael Schenker Group, 801 (band) 801, RMS (band) RMS, and Ph.D. (band) PhD)
• 6th » Robert Townsend (actor) or Robert Townsend, American actor and director
• 7th » Richard Cook (journalist) e.g Richard Cook, English journalist (d. 2007)
• 7th » Carney Lansford, American baseball player
• 9th » Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 10th » Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar, Mongolian poet and politician (d. 1999)
• 10th » Briony McRoberts, English actress (d. 2013)
• 11th » Peter Klashorst, Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer
• 11th » Mitchell Symons, English journalist and author
• 13th » Denise Austin, American fitness trainer and author
• 13th » Tony Butler (musician) called Tony Butler English bass player (Big Country and On the Air (band) or On the Air)
• 14th » Alan Hunter (VJ) known as Alan Hunter, American television host and actor
• 14th » Pat Glass, English politician
• 14th » Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano
• 14th » Alan Smith (bishop) e.g Alan Smith, English bishop
• 15th » Steve Farhood, American historian
• 15th » Gul Mohammed, Indian dwarf (d. 1997)
• 15th » Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
• 15th » Jake E. Lee, American guitarist (Badlands (American band) named Badlands and Ozzy Osbourne)
• 16th » LeVar Burton, American actor, director, and producer
• 17th » Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist
• 18th » Marita Koch, German sprinter
• 18th » George Pelecanos, American author
• 18th » Vanna White, American actress and game show host
• 19th » Falco (musician) named Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
• 19th » Lorianne Crook, American radio and television host
• 19th » Ray Winstone, English actor
• 20th » Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 21st » Julia Benjamin, Former American child star and actress
• 22nd » Willie Smits, Dutch biologist and activist
• 23rd » Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Viktor Markin, Russian runner
• 25th » Sérgio Marques, Portuguese politician
• 25th » Chuck Strahl, Canadian politician
• 25th » Martin Zobel, Estonian ecologist
• 26th » David Muldrow Beasley, American politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
• 26th » Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
• 27th » Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Robert de Castella, Australian runner
• 27th » Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden, ASAP (band) known as ASAP, and Psycho Motel, and Urchin (band) known as Urchin)
• 27th » Timothy Spall, English actor
• 28th » Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Zahara (band) named Zahara) (d. 1996)
• 28th » Ainsley Harriott, English chef and author
• 28th » John Turturro, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for February 1957

• 1st » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
• 1st » Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1957)
• 2nd » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
• 5th » Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)
• 8th » Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 8th » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 9th » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 10th » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• 12th » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 16th » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 18th » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 18th » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
• 19th » Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 23rd » Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
• 24th » Helen Sewell, American author and illustrator (b. 1896)
• 25th » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
• 25th » Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)

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