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Month August 1957 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

  • August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.

    August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 1957

  • Day of Week 1st » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
  • Day of Week 5th » 'American Bandstand', a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the American Broadcasting Company e.g ABC television network.
  • Day of Week 21st » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • Day of Week 28th » United States Senate named U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
  • Day of Week 31st » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1957

  • 1st » C. J. Laing, American porn actress
  • 1st » Taylor Negron, American actor
  • 2nd » Farhat Basir Khan, Indian photographer and academic
  • 2nd » Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter
  • 2nd » Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Garbage (band) or Garbage and Spooner (band) or Spooner)
  • 3rd » Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
  • 3rd » Kate Wilkinson (politician) named Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician
  • 4th » Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author
  • 4th » Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach
  • 4th » John Wark, Scottish footballer
  • 5th » David Gill (executive) or David Gill, English businessman
  • 5th » Faith Prince, American actress
  • 5th » Clayton Rohner, American actor
  • 6th » Bob Horner, American baseball player
  • 6th » Jim McGreevey, American politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
  • 7th » Caroline Aaron, American actress
  • 7th » Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (d. 2012)
  • 7th » Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast
  • 8th » Dennis Drew, American keyboard player (10,000 Maniacs)
  • 9th » Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
  • 10th » Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (d. 2014)
  • 10th » Andres Põime, Estonian architect
  • 11th » Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
  • 12th » Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
  • 14th » Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Treasurer of Australia
  • 14th » Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
  • 14th » Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijani singer
  • 15th » Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
  • 16th » Roberta Blackman-Woods, Irish academic and politician
  • 16th » Tim Farriss, Australian guitarist (INXS)
  • 16th » Laura Innes, American actress and director
  • 16th » R. R. Patil, Indian politician, 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  • 16th » Randhir Singh (cricketer) or Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer
  • 17th » Robin Cousins, English figure skater
  • 17th » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
  • 17th » Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
  • 18th » Carole Bouquet, French model and actress
  • 18th » Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 18th » Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Men at Work)
  • 18th » Diana Castle, American actress
  • 19th » Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer
  • 19th » Martin Donovan, American actor
  • 19th » Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire
  • 19th » Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-American poet and author
  • 19th » Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
  • 19th » Gerda Verburg, Dutch union leader and politician
  • 20th » Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
  • 20th » Jim Calder (rugby union) called Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player
  • 20th » Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic
  • 20th » Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian
  • 21st » Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)
  • 22nd » Steve Davis, English snooker player
  • 23rd » Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
  • 24th » Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar)
  • 24th » Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Marcel Vanthilt, Belgian singer and television host
  • 25th » Sikander Bakht (cricketer) called Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
  • 25th » Simon McBurney, English actor and director
  • 25th » Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 26th » Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
  • 26th » Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
  • 26th » Rick Hansen, Canadian wheelchair racer
  • 27th » Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author
  • 27th » Bernhard Langer, German golfer
  • 28th » Greg Clark, English politician
  • 28th » Ivo Josipović, Croatian politician, 3rd President of Croatia
  • 28th » George Merrill (songwriter) known as George Merrill, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Boy Meets Girl (band) e.g Boy Meets Girl)
  • 28th » Rick Rossovich, American actor
  • 28th » Daniel Stern (actor) known as Daniel Stern, American actor and director
  • 28th » Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist
  • 29th » Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey
  • 31st » Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze (band) called Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook)

Famous Deaths for August 1957

  • 4th » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
  • 5th » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
  • 6th » Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
  • 7th » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
  • 9th » Carl Clauberg, German physician (b. 1898)
  • 16th » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
  • 19th » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
  • 19th » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist (b. 1898)

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