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What Happened In June 1957 In History

Historical Events for June, 1957

  • 9th » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
  • 10th » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party of Canada or Liberal Party government.
  • 22nd » The Soviet Union launches an R-12 Dvina e.g R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
  • 24th » In 'Roth v. United States', the Supreme Court of the United States named U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution e.g First Amendment.
  • 27th » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1957

  • 1st » Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
  • 2nd » Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
  • 2nd » Jonathan Stack, American director and producer
  • 3rd » Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
  • 4th » Yoon Seok-ho, South Korean director and producer
  • 4th » John Treacy, Irish runner
  • 6th » Fred Arbinger, German footballer and manager
  • 6th » Mike Gatting, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 6th » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan poet and activist (d. 2004)
  • 6th » Oliver Mack, American basketball player
  • 6th » Christian Rach, German chef and author
  • 7th » Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, English soldier and politician
  • 7th » Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer-songwriter and producer
  • 7th » Paddy McAloon, English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
  • 8th » Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
  • 8th » Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
  • 8th » Don Robinson (baseball) or Don Robinson, American baseball player
  • 10th » Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
  • 10th » Lindsay Hoyle, English politician
  • 11th » Geoffrey Adams, English diplomat
  • 11th » Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American bass player and bandleader
  • 12th » Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer
  • 12th » Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
  • 13th » Ronald Ardoin, American jockey
  • 13th » Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 13th » Mossie Carroll, Irish hurler and manager
  • 13th » Roy Cooper, American politician, 48th North Carolina Attorney General
  • 13th » Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
  • 13th » Ada Maris, American actress
  • 13th » Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist
  • 13th » Dicky Thompson, American golfer
  • 14th » Maxi Jazz, English rapper (Faithless)
  • 14th » Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer
  • 14th » Mona Simpson, American author and academic
  • 15th » Brad Gillis, American guitarist (Night Ranger and Rubicon (US band) e.g Rubicon)
  • 15th » Stephen Lloyd, Kenyan-English politician
  • 15th » Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
  • 15th » Peeter Pere, Estonian architect
  • 16th » Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
  • 16th » Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Scottish judge
  • 17th » Phil Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pogues and The Radiators From Space) (d. 2013)
  • 17th » Martin Dillon (musician) named Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (d. 2005)
  • 17th » Lawrence Goldman, English historian and author
  • 17th » Jon Gries, American actor and producer
  • 17th » Phyllida Lloyd, English director
  • 17th » Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
  • 18th » Ralph Brown, English actor
  • 18th » Ray Cochrane, Irish jockey and agent
  • 18th » Andrea Evans, American actress
  • 18th » Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 18th » Richard Powers, American author
  • 19th » Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (d. 2003)
  • 20th » Koko B. Ware, American wrestler
  • 21st » Michael Bowen (actor) e.g Michael Bowen, American actor
  • 21st » Berkeley Breathed, American author and illustrator
  • 21st » Lucien DeBlois, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 21st » Vladimir Romanovsky, Russian canoe racer (d. 2013)
  • 21st » Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal
  • 21st » Mark Brzezicki, English drummer (Big Country, The Cult, Ultravox, and Procol Harum)
  • 22nd » Kevin Bond (footballer) or Kevin Bond, English footballer and manager
  • 22nd » Danny Baker, English journalist and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Garry Gary Beers, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer (INXS and Absent Friends (band) known as Absent Friends)
  • 23rd » Frances McDormand, American actress
  • 24th » Astro (UB40) called Astro, English rapper (UB40)
  • 24th » Mark Parkinson (Kansas politician) named Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
  • 25th » Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 26th » Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007)
  • 26th » Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec
  • 26th » Randy Pobst, American race car driver
  • 26th » Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter (Scandal (American band) called Scandal)
  • 27th » John Bolaris, American meteorologist
  • 27th » Gabriella Dorio, Italian runner
  • 28th » Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 28th » Georgi Parvanov, Bulgarian historian and politician, 4th President of Bulgaria
  • 28th » Mike Skinner (racecar driver) or Mike Skinner, American race car driver
  • 28th » Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 29th » Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
  • 29th » María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
  • 29th » Robert Forster (musician) or Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Tuff Monks)
  • 29th » Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
  • 30th » Bud Black, American baseball player and manager
  • 30th » Sterling Marlin, American race car driver
  • 30th » Rich Vos, American comedian

Famous Deaths for June 1957

  • 12th » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)
  • 13th » Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
  • 17th » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
  • 21st » Claude Farrère, French author (b. 1876)
  • 21st » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
  • 26th » Alfred Döblin, German doctor and author (b. 1878)
  • 26th » Malcolm Lowry, English poet and author (b. 1909)
  • 27th » Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)

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