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482 relations: Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Academy Award for Best Picture, ACF Fiorentina, Adrian Frutiger, Africanized bee, Aga Khan III, Aga Khan IV, Aki Kaurismäki, Akira Kurosawa, Al-Qaeda, Albert Camus, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Alexander R. Todd, Algeria, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Andrei Gromyko, Andrew Cuomo, Andrew Dice Clay, Anna Lindh, Anno Domini, Anti-Americanism, Antonín Zápotocký, April, Arab world, Arturo Toscanini, Australian National University, Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, Azores, Édouard Herriot, Barcelona, Bart Simpson, Beniamino Gigli, Bernhard Langer, Bernie Mac, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bill Fagerbakke, Billy Bragg, Boeing 707, Bojan Križaj, Bongbong Marcos, Brazil, Bret Hart, British Film Institute, British Togoland, Broad Peak, Bruce Lee, Bryan Robson, Bugs Moran, Bundeswehr, California, ... Expand index (432 more) »
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad (Jawi: توانكو سر عبدالرحمن ابن المرحومتوانكو محمد; 24 August 1895 – 1 April 1960) was Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1933, and the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya from 1957, until his death in 1960.
See 1957 and Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
See 1957 and Academy Award for Best Picture
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany.
Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Johann Frutiger (24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century.
Africanized bee
The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee (AHB) and colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee (A.
Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III, was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam.
Aga Khan IV
Prince Karim Al-Husseini (Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī; born 13 December 1936), known as the Aga Khan IV (translit) since the death of his grandfather in 1957, is the 49th and current imam of Nizari Isma'ilis.
Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter.
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades.
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
Albert Camus
Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist.
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany.
See 1957 and Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Alexander R. Todd
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997), was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.
See 1957 and Alexander R. Todd
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
See 1957 and Algeria
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.
See 1957 and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (Андрей Андреевич Громыко; Андрэй Андрэевіч Грамыка; – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War.
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Mark Cuomo (born December 6, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021.
Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Anna Lindh
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her death.
Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Anti-Americanism
Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment and Americanophobia) is a term that can describe several sentiments and positions including opposition to, fear of, distrust of, prejudice against or hatred toward the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general.
Antonín Zápotocký
Antonín Zápotocký (19 December 1884 – 13 November 1957) was a Czech communist politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 and the president of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957.
See 1957 and Antonín Zápotocký
April
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
See 1957 and April
Arab world
The Arab world (اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), formally the Arab homeland (اَلْوَطَنُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), also known as the Arab nation (اَلْأُمَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor.
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
See 1957 and Australian National University
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada.
See 1957 and Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
Azores
The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).
See 1957 and Azores
Édouard Herriot
Édouard Marie Herriot (5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister (1924–1925; 1926; 1932) and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies.
Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
Bart Simpson
Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family.
Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli (20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian opera singer (lyric tenor).
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer.
Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American comedian and actor.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.
See 1957 and Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bill Fagerbakke
William Fagerbakke (born October 4, 1957) is an American actor.
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Bojan Križaj
Bojan Križaj (born 3 January 1957) is a Slovenian, back then Yugoslavian, former alpine skier.
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
See 1957 and Brazil
Bret Hart
Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler.
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
See 1957 and British Film Institute
British Togoland
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered a union with Ghana, part of which became its Volta Region.
Broad Peak
Broad Peak (بروڈ پیک) is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China.
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor.
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and former player.
Bugs Moran
George Clarence "Bugs" Moran (Adelard Leo Cunin; August 21, 1893 – February 25, 1957) was an American Chicago Prohibition-era gangster.
Bundeswehr
The Bundeswehr (literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
See 1957 and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American filmmaker and journalist.
Cameron, Louisiana
Cameron is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States.
See 1957 and Cameron, Louisiana
Camp Nou
Camp Nou (meaning New Field, often referred to in English as the Nou Camp, currently known as Spotify Camp Nou for sponsorship reasons) is a stadium in Barcelona and the home of La Liga club Barcelona since its opening in 1957.
Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas (4 November 191426 July 1957) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état.
See 1957 and Carlos Castillo Armas
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Australia since 2022.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
See 1957 and CBS
Century
A century is a period of 100 years.
See 1957 and Century
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
See 1957 and Chicago
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
See 1957 and China
Christian Dior
Christian Ernest Dior (21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE.
Christopher Lambert
Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert (born March 29, 1957) is a French actor.
See 1957 and Christopher Lambert
Coen brothers
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota.
Colin Mochrie
Colin Andrew Mochrie (born November 30, 1957) is a Scottish-born Canadian actor, writer, producer and improvisational comedian, best known for his appearances on the British and American versions of the improvisational TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
Common Era
Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.
Common year starting on Tuesday
A common year starting on Tuesday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Tuesday, 31 December.
See 1957 and Common year starting on Tuesday
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest communist party in India.
See 1957 and Communist Party of India
Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
Constantin Brâncuși
Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer who made his career in France.
See 1957 and Constantin Brâncuși
Constitution of Malaysia
The Federal Constitution of Malaysia (Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia), which came into force in 1957 as the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya and was amended in 1963 to form the Constitution of Malaysia, is the supreme law of Malaysia and contains a total of 183 articles.
See 1957 and Constitution of Malaysia
Dakar
Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
See 1957 and Dakar
Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American actor and writer.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English retired actor.
Daniel Stern (actor)
Daniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American actor, artist, director, comedian, and screenwriter.
See 1957 and Daniel Stern (actor)
David Bomberg
David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 - 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.
Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer.
December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.
Delta wing
A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle.
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Denise Crosby
Denise Michelle Crosby (born November 24, 1957) is an American actress and model known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in season one of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Yar's daughter, the half-Romulan Commander Sela, in subsequent seasons.
Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain (17 May 19211 September 1957) was a British horn player.
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika, also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem", was the national anthem of South Africa during the apartheid era.
See 1957 and Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter.
Dilbert
Dilbert is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989.
See 1957 and Dilbert
Distant Early Warning Line
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska (see Project Stretchout and Project Bluegrass), in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland.
See 1957 and Distant Early Warning Line
Dolph Lundgren
Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist.
Donald Tusk
Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2023, having previously held the post from 2007 to 2014.
Dorothy Richardson
Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 – 17 June 1957) was a British author and journalist.
See 1957 and Dorothy Richardson
Dwight Clark
Dwight Edward Clark (January 8, 1957 – June 4, 2018) was an American football wide receiver who played for nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 He was a member of San Francisco's first two Super Bowl championship teams.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
See 1957 and Dwight D. Eisenhower
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known by his initials E. M. S., was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969.
See 1957 and E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network.
Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago.
Emir of Qatar
The emir of the State of Qatar (أمیر دولة قطر) is the monarch and head of state of the country.
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
See 1957 and Encyclopædia Britannica
Enemy of the people
The terms enemy of the people and enemy of the nation are designations for the political opponents and for the social-class opponents of the power group within a larger social unit, who, thus identified, can be subjected to political repression.
See 1957 and Enemy of the people
England national football team
The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872.
See 1957 and England national football team
Enigma (German band)
Enigma is a German musical project founded in 1990 by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu.
See 1957 and Enigma (German band)
Eric Coates
Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist.
Eric S. Raymond
Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
Erich Auerbach
Erich Auerbach (November 9, 1892 – October 13, 1957) was a German philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature.
Erich von Stroheim
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.
See 1957 and Erich von Stroheim
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality.
See 1957 and Erich Wolfgang Korngold
European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, as renamed by the Lisbon Treaty.
See 1957 and European Economic Community
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
Eurovision Song Contest 1957
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
See 1957 and Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Ezio Pinza
Ezio Fortunato Pinza (May 18, 1892May 9, 1957) was an Italian opera singer.
Falco (musician)
Johann "Hans" Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian singer and musician.
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website and their mobile app.
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
February 14
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day.
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously had been the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya.
See 1957 and Federation of Malaya
First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office.
See 1957 and First Lady of the United States
Flying boat
A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water.
Formula One
Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
Fortran
Fortran (formerly FORTRAN) is a third generation, compiled, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
See 1957 and Fortran
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader, currently serving as the national president of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American actress and producer.
See 1957 and Frances McDormand
Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain (España franquista), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.
Frank Miller
Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'', for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent ''Daredevil: Born Again'', The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.
František Kupka
František Kupka (23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957), also known as Frank Kupka or François Kupka, was a Czech painter and graphic artist.
Friedrich Paulus
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (23 September 1890 – 1 February 1957) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II who is best known for his surrender of the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 to February 1943).
Gabriela Mistral
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic.
Georgi Parvanov
Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (Георги Седефчов Първанов) (born 28 June 1957) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012.
German Grand Prix
The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) was a motor race that took place most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held.
See 1957 and German Grand Prix
Gerty Cori
Gerty Theresa Cori (August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was a Bohemian-Austrian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen".
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.
See 1957 and Ghana
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE (23 December 1896 – 23 July 1957), known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was an Italian writer, nobleman, and Prince of Lampedusa.
See 1957 and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Glen Hanlon
Glen A. Hanlon (born February 20, 1957) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, executive and former goaltender.
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman.
God Save the King
"God Save the King" (alternatively "God Save the Queen" when the British monarch is female) is the national anthem of the United Kingdom and the royal anthem of each of the British Crown Dependencies, one of two national anthems of New Zealand, and the royal anthem of most Commonwealth realms.
See 1957 and God Save the King
Gold Coast (British colony)
The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana.
See 1957 and Gold Coast (British colony)
Google News
Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google.
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan (born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish former football coach and player who is currently Technical Director of Dundee.
Governor of New Jersey
The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
See 1957 and Governor of New Jersey
Governor of Queensland
The Governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland.
See 1957 and Governor of Queensland
Grace Coolidge
Grace Anna Coolidge (née Goodhue; January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was the wife of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge.
Graphic design
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
See 1957 and Guinness World Records
Haakon VII
Haakon VII (3 August 187221 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957.
Habib Bourguiba
Habib Bourguiba (il-Ḥabīb Būrgībah; label; 3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia (1956–1957) then as the first president of Tunisia (1957–1987).
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai (Pashto/حامد کرزی,,; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from December 2004 to September 2014.
Hanging
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.
See 1957 and Hanging
Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer.
Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (15 November 1888 – 21 August 1957) was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist.
See 1957 and Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)
Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Heinrich Otto Wieland
Heinrich Otto Wieland (4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957) was a German chemist.
See 1957 and Heinrich Otto Wieland
Helvetica
Helvetica, also known by its original name Neue Haas Grotesk, is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann.
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell ForMemRS HFRSE FRAS (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910).
See 1957 and Henry Norris Russell
Hermann Buhl
Hermann Buhl (21 September 1924 – 27 June 1957) was an Austrian mountaineer.
High commissioner
High commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.
See 1957 and High commissioner
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles County, California, mostly within the city of Los Angeles.
See 1957 and Hollywood, Los Angeles
Homer Simpson
Homer Jay Simpson is the protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Hugh Everett III
Hugh Everett III (November 11, 1930 – July 19, 1982) was an American physicist who, in his 1957 PhD thesis, proposed what is now known as the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics.
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), colloquially nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor.
Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)
Ian David Stockley Smith (born 28 February 1957) is a New Zealand cricket and rugby commentator and former cricketer.
See 1957 and Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)
IBM 704
The IBM 704 is the model name of a large digital mainframe computer introduced by IBM in 1954.
See 1957 and IBM 704
Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Indus River
The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia.
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter.
Interceptor aircraft
An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
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International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.
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International Geophysical Year
The International Geophysical Year (IGY; Année géophysique internationale), also referred to as the third International Polar Year, was an international scientific project that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958.
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International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
See 1957 and International Tennis Hall of Fame
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
Interpretations of quantum mechanics
An interpretation of quantum mechanics is an attempt to explain how the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics might correspond to experienced reality.
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INXS
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney.
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Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir (January 31, 1881 – August 16, 1957) was an American chemist, physicist, and engineer.
Isahaya, Nagasaki
is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
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Iskandar Ali Mirza
Sahibzada Iskandar Ali Mirza (13 November 189913 November 1969) was a Pakistani politician, statesman and military general who served as the Dominion of Pakistan's fourth governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and then as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's first president from 1956 to 1958.
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Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.
Isma'ilism
Isma'ilism (translit) is a branch or sect of Shia Islam.
Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
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James Brendan Connolly
James Brendan Bennet Connolly (Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author.
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James M. Cox
James Middleton Cox (born James Monroe Cox; March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.
James Whale
James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood.
Janick Gers
Janick Robert Gers (born 27 January 1957) is an English musician who is best known as one of the three guitarists in heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
January 1
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Javed Miandad PP SI (Urdu:; born 12 June 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad (Urdu), is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting.
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius (born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods.
Jim Craig (ice hockey)
James Downey Craig (born May 31, 1957) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being part of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
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Jim McGreevey
James Edward McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American politician who served as the 52nd governor of New Jersey from 2002 until his resignation in 2004.
Jimmy Dorsey
James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader.
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English actress, comedian, presenter and writer.
Jo Jorgensen
Jo Jorgensen (born May 1, 1957) is an American libertarian political activist and academic.
Joan Benoit
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Joanna Pacuła
Joanna Pacuła (born 30 December 1957) is a Polish actress and model.
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.
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Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark (15 April 1874 – 21 June 1957) was a German physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 "for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields".
John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Canada, from 1957 to 1963.
John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American former politician, author, and radio host who served as the 86th governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004.
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician.
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
John Turturro
John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker.
John von Neumann
John von Neumann (Neumann János Lajos; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath.
Johnny Torrio
John Donato Torrio (born Donato Torrio,; January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957) was an Italian-born American mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s later inherited by his protégé Al Capone.
Jon Lovitz
Jonathan Michael Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian.
Josef Hofmann
Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor.
Joseph Canteloube
Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (21 October 18794 November 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region, Chants d'Auvergne.
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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957.
Josephine Hull
Marie Josephine Hull (née Sherwood; January 3, 1877 – March 12, 1957) was an American stage and film actress who also was a director of plays.
Juan José Ibarretxe
Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born 15 March 1957) is a former president of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain.
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Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio (24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), was an Argentine racing driver.
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Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer.
Julian Solís
Julian Solís (born 7 January 1957) is a former boxer from Puerto Rico.
July 2
This date marks the halfway point of the year.
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Kathy Najimy
Kathy Ann Najimy (كاثي أن نجيمي; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist.
Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter.
Keith Holyoake
Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also as the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980.
Kelly McGillis
Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American actress.
Kenji Kawai
is a Japanese music composer and arranger.
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
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Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957) is an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer.
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host.
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013.
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum (al-Khurṭūm, pronounced al.xur.tˤuːm) is the capital of Sudan.
King of Malaysia
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, unofficially known as the king of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.
Kirk Gibson
Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager.
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).
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Lagos
Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.
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Laika
Laika (Лайка,; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth.
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Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
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Launch pad
A launch pad is an above-ground facility from which a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle is vertically launched.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer.
See 1957 and Laura Ingalls Wilder
Le Monde
Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.
LeVar Burton
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
List of governors of Connecticut
The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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List of heads of state of Panama
This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903.
See 1957 and List of heads of state of Panama
List of heads of state of the Central African Republic
This article lists the heads of state of the Central African Republic.
See 1957 and List of heads of state of the Central African Republic
List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
This article lists the presidents of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of president in 1973.
See 1957 and List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
List of presidents of Rwanda
This article lists the presidents of Rwanda since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.
See 1957 and List of presidents of Rwanda
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Lord Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist.
Loreena McKennitt
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences.
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Louis B. Mayer
Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884Mayer maintained that he was born in Minsk on July 4, 1885. According to Scott Eyman, the reasons may have been.
Lucio Gutiérrez
Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa (born 23 March 1957) served as 43rd President of Ecuador from 15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005.
Macbeth
Macbeth (full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.
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Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac Bridge (also referred to as the Mighty Mac or Big Mac) is a suspension bridge that connects the Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan.
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; 2 October 186930 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
Malcolm Lowry
Clarence Malcolm Lowry (28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list.
Malden Island
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about in area.
Mamoru Shigemitsu
was a Japanese diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II and as Deputy Prime Minister.
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Many-worlds interpretation
The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) is a philosophical position about how the mathematics used in quantum mechanics relates to physical reality.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Marc Almond
Peter Mark "Marc" Almond (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer best known from the synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell and for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image.
Marie Vassilieff
Mariya Ivanovna Vassiliéva (Russian: Мария Ивановна Васильева), (1884-1957), better known as Marie Vassilieff, was a Russian-born painter and set designer active in Paris.
Marita Koch
Marita Koch (later Meier-Koch; born 18 February 1957) is a German former sprint track and field athlete.
Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer-songwriter.
Marlon Jackson
Marlon David Jackson (born March 12, 1957) is an American entertainer, singer, and dancer best known as a member of the Jackson 5.
Martial law
Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer (6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls or simply Ophuls, was a German-born film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950).
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.
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Metuchen, New Jersey
Metuchen is a suburban borough in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen (born September 25, 1958) is an American actor.
Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
Midas
Midas (Μίδας) was the name of a king in Phrygia with whom many myths became associated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house.
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Mike Bossy
Michael Dean Bossy (January 22, 1957April 15, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Miklós Horthy
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (Vitéz"Vitéz" refers to a Hungarian knightly order founded by Miklós Horthy ("Vitézi Rend"); literally, "vitéz" means "knight" or "valiant".;; English: Nicholas Horthy; Nikolaus Horthy von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar period and most of World War II, from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944.
Mira Nair
Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City.
Mona Sahlin
Mona Ingeborg Sahlin (born 9 March 1957) is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011.
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
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Nana Visitor
Nana Tucker (born July 26, 1957), known professionally as Nana Visitor, is an American actress, best known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress.
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional golfer.
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada.
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National Weather Service
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.
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Nautilus (fictional submarine)
Nautilus is the fictional submarine belonging to Captain Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1875).
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Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan (Negeri Sembilan Malay: Nogori Sombilan, Nismilan), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Neo-Nazism
Neo-Nazism comprises the post-World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party, also known simply as Labour (Reipa), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand.
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New Zealand National Party
The New Zealand National Party (Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National (Nāhinara) or the Nats, is a centre-right to right-wing New Zealand political party that is the current ruling party.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm (or;; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) from 1955 until his capture and assassination during the CIA-backed 1963 South Vietnamese coup.
Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer and actor.
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as the president of France and co-prince of Andorra from 2007 to 2012.
Niger
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης; 2 March (OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher.
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Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.
Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
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Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions.
Nuclear reprocessing
Nuclear reprocessing is the chemical separation of fission products and actinides from spent nuclear fuel.
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Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.
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Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza (עפרה חזה.; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer, songwriter and actress, commonly known in the Western world as "the Madonna of the East", or "the Israeli Madonna".
Olav V
Olav V (born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.
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Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales.
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957.
Orbit
In celestial mechanics, an orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a planet, moon, asteroid, or Lagrange point.
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Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (translit; 10 March 19572 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Pamir (ship)
Pamir was a four-masted barque built for the German shipping company F. Laeisz.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.
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Parliament of Australia
The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth and also known as Federal Parliament) is the legislative body of the federal level of government of Australia.
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Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame (born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the President of Rwanda since 2000.
Paul Merton
Paul James Martin (born 9 July 1957), known by the stage name Paul Merton, is an English comedian.
Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.
Paul-Henri Spaak
Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was an influential Belgian Socialist politician, diplomat and statesman who thrice served as the prime minister of Belgium and later as the second secretary general of NATO.
Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane accident at the age of 42.
Peter Costello
Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007.
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Planetarium
A planetarium (planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation.
Premier of Quebec
The premier of Quebec (premier ministre du Québec (masculine) or première ministre du Québec (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec.
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President of Afghanistan
The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces.
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President of Austria
The president of Austria (lit) is the head of state of the Republic of Austria.
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President of Brazil
The president of Brazil (presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Brazil.
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President of Bulgaria
The president of the Republic of Bulgaria (Президент на Република България, romanised: Prezident na Republika Bŭlgariya) is the head of state of Bulgaria and the commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian Army.
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President of Croatia
The president of Croatia, officially the president of the Republic of Croatia (Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske), is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the military and chief representative of the Republic of Croatia both within the country and abroad.
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President of Guatemala
The president of Guatemala (Presidente de Guatemala), officially titled President of the Republic of Guatemala (Presidente de la República de Guatemala), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term.
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President of Nigeria
The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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President of Peru
The President of Peru (Presidente del Perú), officially called the Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru (presidente constitucional de la República del Perú), is the head of state and head of government of Peru.
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President of Singapore
The president of the Republic of Singapore is the head of state of Singapore.
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President of the Philippines
The president of the Philippines (pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as presidente ng Pilipinas) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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President of Turkey
The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey.
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Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (premier ministre du Canada) is the head of government of Canada.
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Prime Minister of France
The prime minister of France (Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers.
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Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.
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Prime Minister of Poland
The president of the Council of Ministers (Prezes Rady Ministrów), colloquially and commonly referred to as the prime minister, is the head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.
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Prime Minister of Portugal
The prime minister of Portugal (primeiro-ministro) is the head of government of Portugal.
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Prime Minister of Romania
The prime minister of Romania (Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (Prim-ministrul Guvernului României), is the head of the Government of Romania.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.
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Princess Caroline of Monaco
Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite of Monaco (born 23 January 1957) is Princess of Hanover by marriage to Prince Ernst August.
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Programming language
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs.
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R-7 Semyorka
The R-7 Semyorka (Р-7 Семёрка), officially the GRAU index 8K71, was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile.
Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian by Raymond Gill, dailyreview.com.au, 8 December 2016 actress, film director, screenwriter and television director.
Radio telescope
A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky.
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957.
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945)He is presumed to have died in 1947, although the circumstances of his death are not clear and this date has been disputed.
Ray Romano
Raymond Albert Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, and actor.
Ray Winstone
Raymond Andrew Winstone (born 19 February 1957) is an English television, stage and film actor with a career spanning five decades.
Real Madrid CF
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.
Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swaziland (now Eswatini) born English actor and presenter.
Rick Husband
Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot.
Road Warrior Hawk
Michael James Hegstrand (January 26, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler.
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Roman numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.
Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
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Rudolf Diels
Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 – 18 November 1957) was a German civil servant and head of the Gestapo in 1933–34.
Rudolf Weigl
Rudolf Stefan Jan Weigl (2 September 1883 – 11 August 1957) was a Polish biologist, physician and inventor, known for creating the first effective vaccine against epidemic typhus.
Rumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist.
Saarland
Saarland (Sarre) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country.
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre.
Sans-serif
In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu) is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain.
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Satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.
São Paulo
São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.
Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist.
Sellafield
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England.
Serial killer
A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders two or more people,An offender can be anyone.
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975.
Shane MacGowan
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 195730 November 2023) was a British-born Irish singer-songwriter, musician and poet best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician who has served as President of Uzbekistan and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan since 14 December 2016.
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Sheila E.
Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957), known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American singer and drummer.
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.
Shoghi Effendi
Shoghí Effendi (1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.
Sid Vicious
Simon John Ritchie (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), better known by his stage name Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols.
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.
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Siouxsie Sioux
Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
SN 1987A
SN 1987A was a type II supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.
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Soemu Toyoda
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Space Age
The Space Age is a period encompassing the activities related to the space race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events, beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, and continuing to the present.
Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
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Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author.
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is the most populous city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.
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Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 (Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite.
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 (Спутник-2, Satellite 2, or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, italic, Simplest Satellite 2, launched on 3 November 1957, was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, and the first to carry an animal into orbit, a Soviet space dog named Laika.
Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.
Star Tribune
The Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator, and writer.
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent Buscemi (As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronounce his name or instead.; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor.
Steve Davis
Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, DJ, electronic musician and author.
Steve Harvey
Broderick Stephen "Steve" Harvey Sr. Also aired August 16, 2015.
Steve Lukather
Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto.
Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
Sud Aviation
Sud Aviation ('Southern Aviation') was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating from the merger of Sud-Est (SNCASE, or Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-est) and Sud-Ouest (SNCASO or Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest) on 1 March 1957.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
Sukarno
Sukarno (born Koesno Sosrodihardjo,, 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
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Supersonic speed
Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1).
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada.
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Suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.
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Taipei
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
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Test cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The B-52s
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.
The Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news.
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The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE; L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of the federal Department of Canadian Heritage.
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The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's were an American all-female rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Pogues
The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, as Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse".
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Throne of Blood
is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (1606) from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from Noh drama.
Tom Henke
Thomas Anthony Henke (born December 21, 1957), nicknamed "the Terminator", is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
Tony Abbott
Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015.
Treaty of Rome
The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC).
Tsung-Dao Lee
Tsung-Dao Lee (born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese-American physicist, known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars.
Tumulus
A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.
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TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers) is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne.
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Typeface
A typeface (or font family) is a design of letters, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.
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United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity.
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Univers
Univers is a large sans-serif typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by his employer Deberny & Peignot in 1957.
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University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America.
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V. Gordon Childe
Vere Gordon Childe (14 April 189219 October 1957) was an Australian archaeologist who specialised in the study of European prehistory.
Vanguard TV-3
Vanguard TV-3 (also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Three), was the first attempt of the United States to launch a satellite into orbit around the Earth, after the successful Soviet launches of Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2.
Venice
Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
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Vince Gill
Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Vought F-8 Crusader
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought.
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Walter Moers
Walter Moers (born 24 May 1957) is a German comic artist, illustrator and writer.
Walter Nash
Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960.
Walther Bothe
Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe (8 January 1891 – 8 February 1957) was a German nuclear physicist known for the development of coincidence methods to study particle physics.
Warrenton, Missouri
Warrenton is a city and county seat of Warren County, Missouri, United States.
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Watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
Wilhelm Filchner
Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer.
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
Wyndham Lewis
Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a British writer, painter and critic.
Yang Chen-Ning
Yang Chen-Ning or Chen-Ning Yang (born 1 October 1922), also known as C. N. Yang or by the English name Frank Yang, is a Chinese theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, and both particle physics and condensed matter physics.
Yang di-Pertuan Besar
In Malay, Yang di-Pertuan Besar or Yamtuan Besar literally "He Who Is Made Chief Ruler", is a title given to the head of state in parts of the Malay Archipelago.
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Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao (born Ha Lingchun; 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman.
1867
There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska.
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1872
In Japan, this leap year runs with only 354 days as the country dropped 12 days in the month of December.
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1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated.
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1900
As of March 1 (O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (O.S. February 15), 2100.
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1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is subtitled The Year 1905 to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland.
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1908
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.
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1912
This year is notable for the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15th.
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1915
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
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1917
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
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1918
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.
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1920 United States presidential election
The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920.
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1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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1950s
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.
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1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
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1993
1993 was designated as.
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1995
1995 was designated as.
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1998
1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.
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1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
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2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematical Year.
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2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror.
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2002
After the September 11 attacks of the previous year, foreign policy and international relations were generally united in combating al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
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2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
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2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
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2008
2008 was designated as.
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2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler.
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2011
The year marked the start of a series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and in some cases sparking civil wars such as the Syrian civil war and the first Libyan civil war, the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the second Libyan civil war.
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2012
2012 was designated as.
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2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits (a span of 26 years).
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2014
2014 was designated as.
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2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as.
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2016
2016 was designated as.
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
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2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
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2022
The year saw the removal of nearly all COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders in most countries, while the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continued.
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2024
So far, this year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war, and the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel.
See 1957 and 2024
20th century
The 20th century began on January 1, 1901 (MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 (MM).
2nd millennium
The second millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000.
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