The Year 1957


"Love Letters in the Sand"  (Pat Boone) was the Number One song

Best Picture of the year was "Bridge on the River Kwai"

Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03

"West Side Story" debuts on Broadway

Russia launches Sputnik

Marian McKnight from SC won Miss America

"Leave It to Beaver" premieres on television

Our President was Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our Vice President was Richard M. Nixon

Prime Minister of Great Britain was MacMillan

Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock High School  to quell mob and protect students after Gov. Faubus defies federal order

Temporary artificial heart was invented by Willem Kolff

The Pacemaker was invented by Clarence Lillehie and Earl Bakk

First round-the-world nonstop jet plane flight

Eugene O'Neill awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with "Long Day's Journey Into The Night"

Joseph McCarthy dies

Humphrey Bogart dies

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