1957

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Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 - 1957 - 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Births

Osama bin Laden, terrorist

Deaths

January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, actor
John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician

Events

March 25 - Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community (EEC); see EU
International Geophysical Year
October 4 - launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
November 1 -- Michigan's Mackinac Bridge opened.

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Chen Ning Yang, - Tsung-Dao Lee
Chemistry- Lord Alexander R Todd
Medicine - Daniel Bovet
Literature - Albert Camus
Peace - Lester Bowles Pearson

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