January 6 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the 3rd
and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the
gospel segment, singing "Peace In The Valley". Ed Sullivan describes Elvis thus: "This is a
real decent, fine boy. We've never had a pleasanter experience on
our show with a big name than we've had with you. You're thoroughly
all right."
Arturo Lezama
becomes President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay.
Sud Aviation forms from a merger
between SNCASE (Société Nationale de
Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions
Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
March
26 – 22-year-old Elvis Presley buys
Graceland on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard (Highway 51 South) for $US100,000. He
and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.
March 31 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella, the team's only
musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in
color by CBS, starring Julie Andrews
in the title role. The production is seen by millions, but this
1957 version is not be telecast again for more than 40 years, when
a kinescope of it is shown.
June 9 – Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border, is first
ascended.
June 15 – Oklahoma celebrates its semi-centennial statehood. A
brand new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere
is buried in a time capsule (to be opened 50 years later on June
15, 2007).
July 11 – His Highness Prince Karim
Aga Khan becomes the 49th Imam of the
ShiaIsmailiMuslims at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sultan
Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III appoints
Prince Karim in his will.
August 28 – United States Senator
Strom Thurmond (D-SC) sets the record
for the longest filibuster with his
24-hour, 18-minute speech railing against a civil rights bill.
In the US Oklahoma celebrates its 50th anniversary of
statehood. Notre Dame beats the Oklahoma Sooners 7–0 to end the
Sooners record 47 straight college football winning streak.