Rulers:
• Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961)
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)
Events:
• Albert Camus (1913-1960): Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Forest Lawn Museum established in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
• Museu Calouste Gulbenkian established in Lisboa.
Births:
• Bouquet, Carole (1957)
• Day-Lewis, Daniel (1957)
• Dillane, Stephen (1957)
• Fry, Stephen (1957)
• Griffith, Melanie (1957)
• Jennings, Alex (1957)
• Leary, Denis (1957)
• Olalla, Carlos (1957)
• Roach, Jay (1957)
• Seagrove, Jenny (1957)
Deaths:
• Bogart, Humphrey (1899-1957)
• Childe, V. Gordon (1892-1957)
• Rivera, Diego (1886-1957)
• Van Druten, John (1901-1957)
Music:
• Rota, Nino (1911-1979): Le Notti Bianche (1957)
• Rota, Nino (1911-1979): Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
• Waxman, Franz (1906-1967): Fascination (1957)
• Waxman, Franz (1906-1967): Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Art:
• De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Composizione metafisica (1950-60)
• O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986): Austrian Copper Rose #2 (1957)
Film:
• Funny Face (1957)
• Le Notti Bianche (1957)
• Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
• Love in the Afternoon (1957)
• The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)