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Events on Tuesday 1 January 1957 7
19571957: Juan Manuel FangioMaseratiFangio'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 – 1958Arrival in the United StatesLeft 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 – 1963Bucharest ConservatoryStudied voice with Eugenia Elinescu and Constantin Stroescu at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest.
1957Labelled a RightistDuring 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.
1957Meeting Hal DavidMet lyricist Hal David, beginning one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in popular music history.
1957 – 1960Meeting Ike TurnerMet 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.
1957Nuclear Weapons and Foreign PolicyPublished 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.