Timeline January 1957

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• 1867 – 1957 Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) Died 16 January 1957, aged 89 Italian conductor widely regarded as one of the greatest of the 20th century, known for his intensity and photographic memory of scores. He led the La Scala, New York Philharmonic, and NBC Symphony Orchestras.
• 1889 – 1957 Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) Died 10 January 1957, aged 67 Chilean poet, educator, and diplomat who in 1945 became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her poetry drew heavily on themes of childhood, motherhood, and loss.
• 1899 – 1957 Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) Died 14 January 1957, aged 57 American actor renowned for roles in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and The African Queen, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He died of esophageal cancer in Los Angeles.
• 1957 Australian Open 1957 Men: Ashley Cooper · Women: Shirley Fry
• 1957 1957: Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati Fangio's fifth and final championship, sealed with a legendary drive at the Nürburgring widely regarded as the greatest race in F1 history. He retired the following year at the age of 47.
• 1957 – 1958 Arrival in the United States Left Japan at the age of 27, having declared Japanese society 'too small, too servile, too feudalistic, and too scornful of women'. After a year in Seattle, where she exhibited at the Zoe Dusanne Gallery, she moved to New York City.
• 1957 – 1963 Bucharest Conservatory Studied voice with Eugenia Elinescu and Constantin Stroescu at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest.
• 1957 Labelled a Rightist During the Hundred Flowers Campaign, criticised Mao's economic policies for leading to irrational growth. Was labelled a 'rightist' and demoted, beginning a 22-year eclipse of his career.
• 1957 Meeting Hal David Met lyricist Hal David, beginning one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in popular music history.
• 1957 – 1960 Meeting Ike Turner Met Ike Turner at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Began performing with his band the Kings of Rhythm and released her first single A Fool in Love (1960) as Tina Turner.
• 1957 Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy Published Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, which established him as a leading voice on US strategic policy and brought him to the attention of the political establishment.
• 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine announced US pledges military and economic aid to counter communism in the Middle East President Eisenhower asked Congress for authority to provide military and economic assistance to Middle Eastern nations resisting communist aggression. Congress approved the policy, known as the Eisenhower Doctrine, in March 1957.
• 1957 Harold Macmillan becomes UK Prime Minister Succeeds Anthony Eden after the Suez Crisis Harold Macmillan became British Prime Minister after Anthony Eden resigned in the wake of the Suez Crisis. Macmillan went on to lead Britain through much of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
• 1957 Patsy Cline wins Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts Walkin' After Midnight A TV win that launches her first hit.
• 1957 – 1999 Payne Stewart (1957-1999) Died 25 October 1999, aged 42 Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won three major championships, including the 1999 U.S. Open just months before his death. He died along with five others when their private jet lost cabin pressure and crashed in South Dakota after flying on autopilot for hours. The incident received wide coverage as jets scrambled to track the unresponsive plane.