At A Glance

10 November 1957 at a glance

Day of the week
10 November 1957 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “That'll Be the Day” by The Crickets.
Top Film of 1957
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1957 was The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 November 1957 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 November 1957 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 10 November

  • 1951 With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
  • 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
  • 1958 The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
  • 1967 The Nauru Independence Act 1967 passed the Parliament of Australia, giving independence to the UN Trust Territory of Nauru with effect from 31 January 1968.
  • 1969 National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.

Famous people born on 10 November

  • Zoey Deutch, American actress (born 1994)
  • Drew Lock, American football player (born 1996)
  • Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (1977–2009)
  • Walton Goggins, American actor and producer (born 1971)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1957 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1957 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 16 January – The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool as a jazz club.
  • 6 March – The Northern Territories protectorate and British Togoland are annexed to the Crown, which territories together with Ashanti and Gold Coast become Ghana which is independent of the United Kingdom.
  • 2 May – The Hammer Film Productions' The Curse of Frankenstein is released.

Life in 1957

Prime Minister

Harold Macmillan

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

9p

Loaf of Bread

6p

Average House

£2,249

Weekly Wage

£11.65

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