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This year in history
In the year 1957

	January 4th	The last issue of Collier's Weekly magazine was published. It was first published in 1888 and was printed for 69 years. It was the first investigative reporting magazine in the world.
	January 14th	American actor, Humphrey Bogart, died at the age of 58. Considered by many as the greatest American actor of all time he was one of the most celebrated actors of all time and one who has retained his fame even half a century after his death.
	January 15th	British actor, Julian Sands, was born in Yorkshire, England. His first major role was in the hit British film, A Room with a View.
	January 15th	American actor, Mario Van Peebles, was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
	February 16th	American actor, LeVar Burton, was born in in Landstuhl, Germany. He is most known for his part in the hit television series of the 1980's and 1990's Star Trek the Next Generation, where he performed the role of the blind chief Engineer, Geordi Laforge.
	February 28th	American actor, John Turturro, was born in New York.
	March 8th	The Suez Canal was re-opened after it had been closed during the events of the Suez Canal Crisis in October of the previous year.
	March 13th	American union leader, Jimmy Hoffa, was arrested by the FBI on charges of bribery.
	March 20th	American film director, Spike Lee, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He is one of the most noted directors in Hollywood, most known for his films that deal with social, political and racial issues.
	March 25th	The European Economic Community was established by the countries of West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
	April 29th	Irish actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, was born in London, England. He is widely considered as one of the best film actors of his generation. He became an Irish citizen in 1993.
	May 15th	Amidst the arms race of the time, Britain detonated its first Hydrogen bomb over Christmas Island.
	June 27th	More than 500 people were killed by a severe hurricane in the US states of Louisiana and Texas.
	July 9th	American actress, Kelly McGillis, was born in Newport Beach, California. She is most known for her role in the
	July 13th	American film director, Cameron Crowe, was born in Palm Springs, California. He is most known for writing and directing the hit movies Jerry Maquire and the autobiographical Almost Famous.
	July 23th	Dutch film director, Theo van Gogh, was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri. The murder sparked a series of polarized debates about the position of the more than one million Muslims in the Netherlands.
	July 26th	Guatemalean dictator, Carlos Castillo Armas, was assassinated by one of his palace guards.
	July 29th	The International Atomic Energy Agency was established.
	August 9th	American actress, Melanie Griffith, was born in New York city.
	August 18th	French actress, Carole Bouquet, was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She is best known as Bond girl Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only.
	August 18th	American comedian, Denis Leary, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He began his career as stand up comic in various Boston underground club.
	August 24th	British actor, Stephen Fry, was born in Hampstead, London.
	September 4th	In the town of Little Rock, the governor of Arkansas, Orville Faubus, called upon the National Guard in an effort to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School of Little Rock. It is considered as one of the pivotal point of the American Civil Rights Movement.
	September 12th	The NORAD command center (North American Aerospace Defence Command) began operating. It is a joint command of the United States and Canada, residing under Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, that provides aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America.
	September 20th	Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius, died at the age of 92. Considered by many to be a genius, he was one of the most popular composers of the late 19th and early 20th century.
	September 21st	American film director, Ethan Coen, was born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Along with his brother, Joel, they are commonly known as 'The Coen Brothers', and are widely considered as some of America's most talented directors.
	October 4th	Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. For many it was the beginning of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
	October 24th	French fashion designer, Christian Dior, died at the age of 52.
	October 26th	Greek writer, Nikos Kazantzakis, died at the age of 74. He is considered as the most influential Greek writer of the 20th century and the most widely read contemporary Greek author around the world.
	November 1st	American singer, Lyle Lovett, was born in Texas.
	December 13th	American actor, Steve Buscemi, was born in New York. He is most known for portraying neurotic and often paranoid characters on screen and has collaborated with some Holywood's most eccentric directors.
	December 20th	Cypriot born singer, Anna Vissi, was born in Larnaca. She is one of the most successful Greek-Cypriot singers.

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