January 6 – Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the third and final time. He was only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing “Peace In The Valley”.

January 9 – Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigned.

January 10 – Harold Macmillan (left) became Prime Minister.

January 16 – The Cavern Club opened in Liverpool.

February 16 – The “Toddlers’ Truce”, a controversial television closedown between 6 and 7.00 pm, was abolished.

March 25 – The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC).

April 9 – Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to all shipping.

May 15 – Stanley Matthews played his final international game, ending an English record international career of almost 23 years.

August 21 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) announced a two year suspension of nuclear testing.

September 4 -   The Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel.

October 2 – David Lean’s film The Bridge on the River Kwai opened in the UK.

October 4 – Space Age – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.

October 11 – The Jodrell Bank Radio telescope opened in Cheshire.

November 3 –The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, with the first animal in space (a dog named Laika) on board.

December 4 – The Lewisham train disaster in the UK left 92 dead.

Born in 1957

January 11 – Bryan Robson, footballer

February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager

March 10 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist

April 9 – Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer

April 25 – Eric Bristow, darts player

May 10 – Sid Vicious, rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)

July 18 – Nick Faldo, golfer

August 22 – Steve Davis, snooker player

They died in 1957

January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)

May 16 – Eliot Ness, American policeman (b. 1903)

June 1 -  Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician (b. 1904)

August 7 – Oliver Hardy, American actor (b. 1892)

October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, American studio mogul and former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (b. 1885)