At A Glance
6 July 1957 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 July 1957 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “All Shook Up” by Elvis Presley.
- 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 6 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 July 1957 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 July 1957 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 6 July
- 1957 Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
- 1962 As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- 1962 The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- 1964 Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
Famous people born on 6 July
- Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
- George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States (born 1946)
- Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (1907–1954)
- 50 Cent, American rapper and actor (born 1975)
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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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s
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