1957

European Economic Community founded
Ghana gains independence
USSR launches a 2nd satellite carrying a dog, Laika, into orbit
The remains of the H.M.S. Bounty discovered off Pitcairn Island
Russians launch Sputnik I
The "Little Rock Nine" integrate Arkansas high school.
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)
The Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles
The New York Giants move to San Francisco
Start of the Calypso craze
The Edsel debuts
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jack Kerouac's On the Road
Broadway - "West Side Story", "The Music Man", "The Pajama Game"
Films - "The Spirit of St. Louis", "Twelve Angry Men", "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
TV shows - "Leave It to Beaver", "The Real McCoys" "American Bandstand", "Perry Mason"
Humphrey Bogart, Arturo Toscannini, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Joseph McCarthy, Jimmy Dorsey, Oliver Hardy, Jean Sibelius, and Diego Rivera die