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30 December 1957 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 December 1957 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Mary's Boy Child” by Harry Belafonte.
- 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 30 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 December 1957 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 December 1957 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 30 December
- 1943 Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1944 King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947 Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1954 The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
- 1972 Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
Famous people born on 30 December
- LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman (born 1984)
- Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress (born 1982)
- Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1959)
- Tiger Woods, American golfer (born 1975)
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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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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Richard E. Grant5 May 1957ActorView their day →Gary Oldman21 March 1958Actor & filmmakerView their day →Anthony Head20 February 1954ActorView their day →Phil Collins30 January 1951Drummer & singerView their day →Bonnie Tyler8 June 1951SingerView their day →Liam Neeson7 June 1952ActorView their day →Emma Thompson15 April 1959Actress & screenwriterView their day →Rowan Atkinson6 January 1955Actor & comedianView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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