October 1957

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• King Haakon VII of Norway was buried in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress.{{cite news |title=OSLO IS HUSHED AT HAAKON RITES; City Silently Mourns King at Three Ceremonies-- Royalty Attends Funeral Lowered Into Crypt Princess Astrid Attends |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/02/archives/oslo-is-hushed-at-haakon-rites-city-silently-mourns-king-at-three.html |date=2 October 1957 |at=Page 11, columns 2-7 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Died: Charles Howard Candler Sr., 78, American businessman (Coca-Cola Company) and author, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=CHARLES CANDLER OF COCA-COLA DIES; Son of Founder Had Headed Concern--Gave Millions to Emory University Company Sold in 1919 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/02/archives/charles-candler-of-cocacola-dies-son-of-founder-had-headed.html |date=2 October 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 1-2 |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Charles Howard Candler, Sr |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Charles-Candler-Sr/6000000173853127045 |publisher=Geni.com |date=22 October 2022 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

• In Tel Aviv, Israel, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, the concert hall of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, opened with a performance led by American conductor Leonard Bernstein. David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel, spoke at the event.{{cite news |title=MUSIC HALL OPENS IN TEL AVIV GALA; Israel Philharmonic Gets a Regular Home--Bernstein Leads Noted Soloists Two Anthems Played Ben Gurion Speaks |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/03/archives/music-hall-opens-in-tel-aviv-gala-israel-philharmonic-gets-a.html |date=3 October 1957 |at=Page 26, column 6 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• The 1957 World Series began between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves.{{cite news |last=Drebinger |first=John |author-link=John Drebinger |title=FORD OF YANKEES TOPS BRAVES, 3-1, AS SERIES STARTS; 69,476 See Left-Hander Hurl Five-Hit Game--Coleman's Batting Leads Victors Bombers Are Versatile Ford's Fifth Series Victory FORD OF YANKEES BEATS BRAVES, 3-1 Skowron, Mantle Start Yank Efficiency Evident Milwaukee Misses Chance |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/03/archives/ford-of-yankees-tops-braves-31-as-series-starts-69476-see.html |date=3 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 6 |access-date=3 June 2023}} The following day, Jack Gould of The New York Times would criticize NBC for attempting to televise the World Series in color.{{cite news |last=Gould |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Gould |title=TV: The World Series; N.B.C.'s Use of Color Is No Success and No Help to Black-and-White Picture Little Rock Crisis 'Walter Winchell File' 'Dead Sea Scrolls' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/03/archives/tv-the-world-series-nbcs-use-of-color-is-no-success-and-no-help-to.html |date=3 October 1957 |at=Page 59, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• The American film Raintree County, directed by Edward Dmytryk, received its world premiere at the Brown Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.{{cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |title='RAINTREE COUNTY' HAS FESTIVE DEBUT; Movie Based on Lockridge Novel Attracts 5,000 to Louisville Ceremonies |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/03/archives/raintree-county-has-festive-debut-movie-based-on-lockridge-novel.html |date=3 October 1957 |at=Page 32, columns 1-3 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Died: Victor Sévère, 89, French politician from Martinique{{cite web |title=Victor Sévère |website=Assemblée nationale |url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/6815 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060849/http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/6815 |archive-date=1 April 2017 |department=Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 |language=fr |access-date=27 May 2023}}

• Willy Brandt was elected as Governing Mayor of West Berlin.{{cite news |last=Gilroy |first=Harry |title=Brandt Named Mayor of Berlin; Promises to Press Unity Moves; Social Democrat Is Chosen Without Opposition--City Coalition to Continue Brandt Pledges Freedom |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/04/archives/brandt-named-mayor-of-berlin-promises-to-press-unity-moves-social.html |date=4 October 1957 |at=Page 3, columns 6-7 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Born: Diane Finley, Canadian politician; in Hamilton, Ontario{{cite web |title=Profile - Finley, Diane |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=2173 |publisher=Library of Parliament |department=Parlinfo |access-date=6 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Artie Auerbach, 54, American comic actor and photographer, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=ARTHUR AUERBACH DIES; Mr. Kitzel of Jack Benny's TV and Radio Shows, 54 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/04/archives/arthur-auerbach-dies-mr-kitzel-of-jack-bennys-tv-and-radio-shows-54.html |date=4 October 1957 |at=Page 23, column 2 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• William Marshall Bullitt, 84, American lawyer and author, former Solicitor General of the United States, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=WILLIAM BULLITT, EX-U.S. AIDE, DEAD; Solicitor General, 1912-13, Argued Prohibition Case Before Supreme Court Aided State Republicans |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/04/archives/william-bullitt-exus-aide-dead-solicitor-general-191213-argued.html |date=4 October 1957 |at=Page 23, column 3 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Walter Duranty, 73, Anglo-American journalist{{cite news |title=WALTER DURANTY, NEWSMAN, 73, DIES; Foreign Correspondent for The Times, 1913-41, Won Pulitzer Prize in 1932 WAS EXPERT ON SOVIET Author of 'I Write as I Please' and 'Stalin & Co.' Knew Kremlin Leaders Saw Communism Grow First Novel in 1937 Worked on War Front In Paris at Start of War Wrote on Treason Trials |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/04/archives/walter-duranty-newsman-73-dies-foreign-correspondent-for-the-times.html |date=4 October 1957 |at=Page 23, columns 1-2 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Bernard Maybeck, 95, American Arts and Crafts architect{{cite news |title=MAYBECK, 95, DIES; COAST ARCHITECT; Designer of Palace of Fine Arts Was Held Creator of California Design |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/04/archives/maybeck-95-dies-coast-architect-designer-of-palace-of-fine-arts-was.html |date=4 October 1957 |at=Page 21, column 1 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Andre Morize, 74, professor of French literature at Harvard University{{cite news |title=ANDRE MORIZE, 73, OF HARVARD DIES; French Literature Professor, 1925-50, Set Up Noted School in Vermont Taught Trench Warfare Alerted to Evacuate |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/05/archives/andremorize73-of-harvard-dies-french-literature-professor-192550.html |date=5 October 1957 |at=Page 17, column 4 |access-date=26 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12196117x |title=Notice de personne "Morize, André (1883-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Morize, André (1883-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• Lőrinc Szabó, 57, Hungarian poet, died of a heart attack.{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121724986 |title=Notice de personne "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

• Sputnik program: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, beginning the Sputnik crisis and the Space Age. This event galvanized interest and action on the part of the American public to support an active role in space research, technology, and exploration.{{cite news |title=SOVIET FIRES EARTH SATELLITE INTO SPACE; IT IS CIRCLING THE GLOBE AT 18,000 M. P. H.; SPHERE TRACKED IN 4 CROSSINGS OVER U. S. 590 MILES HIGH Visible With Simple Binoculars, Moscow Statement Says SOVIET LAUNCHES EARTH SATELLITE |last=Jorden |first=William J. |author-link=William J. Jorden |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 1-8}}, cited in {{cite web |title=On This Day: October 4 |publisher=The New York Times Company |year=1999 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/991004onthisday_big.html |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite magazine |archive-date=17 May 2014 |department=From All Quarters |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |title=First Man-made Satellite |magazine=Flight International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120058/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |date=11 October 1957 |page=562 |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{Source attribution}} {{cite book |title=Project Mercury - A Chronology |chapter=Part 1 (A) Major Events Leading to Project Mercury March 1944 through December 1957 |last=Grimwood |first=James M. |series=NASA Special Publication-4001 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p1a.htm |publisher=NASA |access-date=24 May 2023}}

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• The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow delta wing interceptor aircraft was unveiled in Malton, Mississauga, Ontario.{{cite news |title=NEW CANADIAN PLANE; Supersonic Interceptor Is Unveiled Near Toronto |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/05/archives/new-canadian-plane-supersonic-interceptor-is-unveiled-near-toronto.html |date=5 October 1957 |at=Page 7, column 1 |access-date=26 May 2023}}{{cite magazine |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |title=The Arrow Unveiled |magazine=Flight International |department=From All Quarters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120058/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |date=11 October 1957 |pages=562–563 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Santa Mercedes, a Grace Line freighter, became the 200,000th vessel locked through the Panama Canal.{{cite news |title=200,000TH VESSEL HONORED BY CANAL |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/05/archives/200000th-vessel-honored-by-canal.html |date=5 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 2 |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• Born:
• Bill Fagerbakke, American actor; in Fontana, California{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/fagerbakke-bill-1957 |title=Fagerbakke, Bill 1957– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Gregory T. Linteris, American scientist and Space Shuttle payload specialist; in Demarest, New Jersey{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/linteris.pdf |title=Payload Specialist Bio: Gregory T. Linteris 7/97 |publisher=NASA |date=July 1997 |access-date=7 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|DSO}}, 72, Royal Navy vice admiral{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot |date=5 October 1957 |page=8 |issue= |column=}}
• Clarence C. Caldwell, 80, American attorney, 9th Attorney General of South Dakota{{cite news |date=4 October 1957 |title=C. C. Caldwell, Longtime S. F. Attorney, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/238434772/ |newspaper=Argus Leader |location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota |page=1 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}
• Pierneef (born Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef), 71, South African artist{{cite web |last=Loots |first=Andries |title=J.H. Pierneef ( 1886 - 1957 ) |url=http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530031138/http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm |archive-date=30 May 2009 |website=vgallery.co.za |date=28 August 2000 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Josephine Pinckney, 62, American novelist and poet, died of complications from a respiratory infection.{{cite news |title=Josephine Pinckney, 62, Author Of 'Three O' Clock Dinner,' Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/06/archives/josephine-pinckney-62-author-of-three-o-clock-dinner-dies.html |date=6 October 1957 |at=Page 84, columns 2-3 |access-date=26 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14425643z |title=Notice de personne "Pinckney, Josephine (1895-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Pinckney, Josephine (1895-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=26 February 2008 |access-date=26 May 2023}}

• In the 11th National Hockey League All-Star Game, held at the Montreal Forum, the NHL All-Star team defeated the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens by a score of 5–3.{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Podnieks |title=The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition |year=2000 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=Toronto |isbn=0-00-200058-X}}
• Born: Bernie Mac (born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough), American stand-up comedian and actor; in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008, complications from pneumonia){{cite news |title=Actor And Comedian Bernie Mac Dies At Age 50 |url=http://cbs2chicago.com/local/bernie.mac.dead.2.791473.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021070158/http://cbs2chicago.com/local/bernie.mac.dead.2.791473.html |archive-date=21 October 2009 |date=9 August 2008 |website=CBS 2 Chicago |department=Chicago Area Local News |publisher=CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/documents/2007sweethome.pdf |title=Sweet Home Cook County |publisher=Cook County Clerk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528132937/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/documents/2007sweethome.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2016 |access-date=31 May 2023}}

• Died: Robert Renison, 82, Irish-born Anglican Metropolitan of Ontario{{cite news |title=ARCHBISHOP RENISON OF CANADIAN NORTH |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/08/archives/archbishop-renison-of-canadian-north.html |date=8 October 1957 |at=Page 35, column 2 |access-date=27 May 2023}}

• Born: Jayne Torvill, British Olympic champion ice dancer; in Nottingham, England{{cite web |title=Jayne Torvill |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82881 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Michael N. Delagi, 78, American lawyer, politician and judge{{cite news |title=MICHAEL DELAGI, EX-JUSTICE, DEAD; Member of Municipal Court Bench Until 1949 Also Served in Assembly |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/08/archives/michael-delagi-exjustice-dead-member-of-municipal-court-bench-until.html |date=8 October 1957 |at=Page 36, column 1 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Jekuthiel Ginsburg, 68, Ukrainian-born American professor of mathematics at Yeshiva University, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |last=Sonnenfeld |first=Herbert S. |title=DR. GINSBURG DIES; A MATHEMATICIAN; Yeshiva Professor Founded Institute and Journal There --Headed Department |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/08/archives/dr-ginsburg-dies-a-mathematician-yeshiva-professor-founded.html |date=8 October 1957 |at=Page 35, columns 1-2 |access-date=4 October 2024}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11177331q |title=Notice de personne "Ginsburg, Jekuthiel (1889-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Ginsburg, Jekuthiel (1889-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=5 October 2015 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Yang Gang, 51–52, Chinese journalist, novelist and translator, committed suicide by drug overdose.{{cite web |url=https://cul.sohu.com/20140117/n393664837.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142752/https://cul.sohu.com/20140117/n393664837.shtml |archive-date=6 March 2018 |script-title=zh:红色才女杨刚：1957年自杀 被视为叛党 |trans-title=Red talented girl Yang Gang: committed suicide in 1957 and was regarded as a traitor |last=Pei |first=Yiran |date=17 January 2014 |publisher=Sohu.com Inc. |language=zh |access-date=3 June 2023}}

• Born: Magdalena Cajías, Bolivian academic, historian, and politician; in La Paz, Bolivia{{cite news |department=El Gabinete de Evo Morales |title=CAJIAS DE LA VEGA MARIA MAGDALENA |newspaper=El Deber |language=es |url=https://data.eldeber.com.bo/seccion/gabinete/funcionarios.html#059084 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Hassiba Ben Bouali, 19, Algerian militant, was killed in action.{{cite news |title=CASBAH DEATH TOLL 17; 2 Terrorists Among Victims of Accidental Blast |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/10/archives/casbah-death-toll-17-2-terrorists-among-victims-of-accidental-blast.html |date=10 October 1957 |at=Page 8, column 7 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite news |last=Brady |first=Thomas F. |title=2 KEY REBELS DIE IN ALGIERS BLAST; Terrorist Couple, Hunted for Two Years, Found Dead in Ruins of Casbah Houses A Lieutenant of Yacef |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/2-key-rebels-die-in-algiers-blast-terrorist-couple-hunted-for-two.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 2, column 3 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Ali La Pointe (born Ali Ammar), 27, Algerian militant, was killed in action.
• Little Omar (born Yacef Omar), 13, Algerian militant, was killed in action.

• A radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, which would later be named the Lovell Telescope, was controlled from its control room for the first time.{{cite book |last=Lovell |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Lovell |year=1968 |title=The Story of Jodrell Bank |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-217619-6 |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofjodrellba00love |page=193}}{{cite book |last=Lovell |first=Bernard |year=1990 |title=Astronomer by Chance |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=978-0-333-55195-0 |page=260}}
• A Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber crashed and exploded in Orlando, Florida, killing the four military officers aboard, including Col. Michael McCoy, the wing commander at Pinecastle Air Force Base, who was piloting the aircraft, and RAF Group Captain John Woodroffe. Pinecastle AFB would later be renamed McCoy Air Force Base in honor of Col. McCoy.{{cite news |title=BOMBER CRASH KILLS 4; English Flier Victim as B-47 Explodes at Orlando, Fla. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/10/archives/bomber-crash-kills-4-english-flier-victim-as-b47-explodes-at.html |date=10 October 1957 |at=Page 27, columns 6-7 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=60605 |title=Accident Boeing DB-47B-1 Stratojet 51-2177, 09 Oct 1957 |work=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |date=8 January 2023 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Born:
• Herman Brusselmans, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist; in Hamme, East Flanders, Belgium{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12075031c |title=Notice de personne "Brusselmans, Herman (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Brusselmans, Herman (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=12 March 2008 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Yuri Usachov, Russian cosmonaut; in Donetsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.astronautix.com/u/usachyov.html |title=Usachyov, Yuri Vladimirovich |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |date=August 2001 |publisher=Mark Wade |access-date=7 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Arthur Cranfield, 65, British newspaper editor{{cite news |title=ARTHUR CRANFIELD, LONDON EDITOR, 65 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/arthur-cranfield-london-editor-65.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 27, column 3 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• George M. Stratton, 92, American psychologist{{cite news |title=GEORGE M. STRATTON, TAUGHT PSYCHOLOGY |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/10/archives/george-m-stratton-taught-psychology.html |date=10 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 4 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12349741g |title=Notice de personne "Stratton, George Malcolm (1865-19..)" |trans-title=Person notice "Stratton, George Malcolm (1865-19..)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=2 December 1993 |access-date=27 May 2023}}

• A fire at the Windscale nuclear reactor on the north-west coast of England released radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including iodine-131.{{cite news |title=RED-HOT URANIUM WORRIES BRITONS; 2 Plutonium Plant Reactors Halted, but Radioactivity Is Held Negligible No Hazard Detected Oxydization Variance Noted |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/12/archives/redhot-uranium-worries-britons-2-plutonium-plant-reactors-halted.html |date=12 October 1957 |at=Page 2, column 3 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=London Radioactivity Raised by Atom Mishap |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/18/archives/london-radioactivity-raised-by-atom-mishap.html |date=18 October 1957 |at=Page 3, column 1 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, the Minister for Finance of Ghana, ate breakfast at the White House with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower after having been refused seating at a Howard Johnson's restaurant in Dover, Delaware, because of his race.{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=W. H. |author-link=Bill Lawrence (news personality) |title=GHANAN IS SERVED WHITE HOUSE MEAL; Official Says Eisenhower's Hospitality Makes Up for Snub in Restaurant |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/ghanan-is-served-white-house-meal-official-says-eisenhowers.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 20, columns 3-5 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C937922%2C00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524042957/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937922,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-date=24 May 2011 |title=From Segregation to Breakfast |magazine=TIME |department=Foreign Relations |date=21 October 1957 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• The Milwaukee Braves won the 1957 World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 4 games to 3.{{cite news |title=Braves Beat Yanks, 5-0, to Win Series |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/braves-beat-yanks-50-to-win-series.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 2-5 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• {{cite news |last=Drebinger |first=John |title=Burdette Hurls 7-Hit Shutout in 7th Game for His 3d Victory; Takes It From Both Sides BRAVES WIN, 5-0, AND TAKE SERIES Seven 3-Game Winners Sixth Yankee Setback Peg to Second Wide |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/braves-beat-yanks-50-to-win-series.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• {{cite news |last=McGowen |first=Roscoe |title=Happy Ending of 'Milwaukee Story' Celebrated Amid Dressing Room Bedlam; BURDETTE HAILED AS MAN OF HOUR Series Hero Credits Homer by Crandall for Serenity in 9th-Inning Test Play by Mathews Hailed Ready for New Pitcher |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/happy-ending-of-milwaukee-story-celebrated-amid-dressing-room.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page S33, columns 1-8 |access-date=3 June 2023}} President Eisenhower praised the 1957 Series as one of the finest in recent history.{{cite news |title=PRESIDENT HAILS SERIES; Apparently One of Finest in Modern Times, He Says |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/president-hails-series-apparently-one-of-finest-in-modern-times-he.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page S33, column 7 |access-date=3 June 2023}}

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• The Walt Disney Productions television series Zorro debuted on the ABC television network.{{cite news |last=Shepard |first=Richard F. |title=TV: New Disney Series; 'Zorro,' Presented on Channel 7, Will Appeal to Juveniles, Young and Old The Gray Ghost |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/tv-new-disney-series-zorro-presented-on-channel-7-will-appeal-to.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 55, columns 4-5 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Born: Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist; in Niigata, Japan{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/takahashi_rumiko.htm |last=Knudde |first=Kjell |title=Rumiko Takahashi |encyclopedia=Lambiek Comiclopedia |publisher=Lambiek |date=7 July 2022 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Choe Nam-seon, 67, Korean author, publisher and political activist{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
• William Clark, 66, United States federal judge, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=WILLIAM CLARK, U.S. JUDGE, DIES; Ex-Chief Justice in Germany Succumbs in Ceylon-- Ruled on Prohibition Controversial Figure |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/william-clark-us-judge-dies-exchief-justice-in-germany-succumbs-in.html |date=11 October 1957 |at=Page 27, columns 1-2 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379181 |title=Clark, William |department=Judges |website=Federal Judicial Center |access-date=27 May 2023}}

==October 11, 1957 (Friday)==

• The orbit of the last stage of the R-7 Semyorka rocket (carrying Sputnik 1) was first successfully calculated on an IBM 704 computer at the MIT Computation Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of Operation Moonwatch.{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Sullivan (journalist) |title=U.S. STATIONS PLOT SATELLITE ORBIT; DIFFER ON HEIGHT; Compute Similar Paths but 27-Mile Deviation May Be Vital to Sphere's Life 27-Mile Difference Satellite's Weight a Factor 2 U.S. Stations Differ on Height In Plotting Soviet Satellite Orbit |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/12/archives/us-stations-plot-satellite-orbit-differ-on-height-compute-similar.html |date=12 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 4 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• American actor Marlon Brando married Indian-born British actress Anna Kashfi.{{cite news |title=Marlon Brando Weds Indian Actress |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/12/archives/marlon-brando-weds-indian-actress.html |author=Associated Press Wirephoto |date=12 October 1957 |at=Page 24, columns 2-3 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=KASHFI STILL ENIGMA; License Does Not List Welsh Couple as Her Parents |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/14/archives/kashfi-still-enigma-license-does-not-list-welsh-couple-as-her.html |date=14 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 2 |access-date=29 May 2023}} The couple would divorce in 1959.
• In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 17-year-old high school football player John Barczak was injured during a scrimmage. He would die of a ruptured kidney on October 28.{{cite news |title=School Football Player Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/school-football-player-dies.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page S39, column 5 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Born:
• Dawn French, British comedian; in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1539522 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224334/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1539522 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=Dawn French |publisher=British Film Institute |department=Films, TV and people |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor; in St. Stephen, New Brunswick{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/keenleyside-eric-1957 |title=Keenleyside, Eric 1957– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Paul Gunn, 57, United States World War II aviator, died in a plane crash.{{cite web |url=http://www.macarthurmemorial.org/261/Paul-Pappy-Gunn |title=Paul "Pappy" Gunn |website=The MacArthur Memorial |department=MacArthur's Airmen |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=They Called Him PAPPY! |url=https://sammcgowan.com/pappy.html |date=27 April 2017 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{Self-published inline|date=May 2023}}
• Donald E. Montgomery, 60, American economist, committed suicide by firearm.

{{cite news |title=UAW Official Kills Himself |newspaper=Traverse City Record-Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/55689425/ |agency=UP |date=12 October 1957 |access-date=27 July 2017 |via=Newspapers.com}}

• Francis R. Stoddard Jr., 80, American lawyer and politician{{cite news |title=F.R. STODDARD, 80, LEGISLATOR, DIES; Former State Assemblyman and Insurance Unit Head Was Lawyer 55 Years |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/13/archives/fr-stoddard-80-legislator-dies-former-state-assemblyman-and.html |date=13 October 1957 |at=Page 86, columns 1-2 |access-date=29 May 2023}}

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• Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrived in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, for a royal visit.{{cite news |last=Daniell |first=Raymond |author-link=Raymond Daniell |title=Queen Arrives in Ottawa; Hailed by Cheering Crowd; Landing on Schedule QUEEN WELCOMED BY OTTAWA CROWD Church Bells Ring Out Traverse 14-mile Route Plane Bucked Headwinds Queen's Plane Lands Here |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/13/archives/queen-arrives-in-ottawa-hailed-by-cheering-crowd-landing-on.html |date=13 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 2-4 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• Died: Arlow Stout, 81, American botanist{{cite news |title=DR. ARLOW STOUT, BOTANIST, 81, DEAD; Botanical Garden Ex-Curator Developed Seedless Grape for Culture in East |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/13/archives/dr-arlow-stout-botanist-81-dead-botanical-garden-excurator.html |date=13 October 1957 |at=Page 86, columns 3-4 |access-date=29 May 2023}}

• Egyptian troops landed in Latakia, Syria.{{cite news |last=Caruthers |first=Osgood |title=EGYPTIANS MOVE TROOPS TO SYRIA; SITE DEFENSE AIM; Force Put Ashore at Latakia by Cairo's Naval Vessels Under Joint Air Cover STEP BEGAN LAST MONTH Dispatch of 'Basic Elements' Linked to Tension Along Border With Turkey No Data on Troop Strength Amer Is Joint Commander |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/14/archives/egyptians-move-troops-to-syria-cite-defense-aim-force-put-ashore-at.html |date=14 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 8 |access-date=6 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Erich Auerbach, 64, German philologist{{cite news |title=ERICH AUERBACH OF YALE IS DEAD; Sterling Professor of French and Romance Philology, 64, Was Dante Authority |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/erich-auerbach-of-yale-is-dead-sterling-professor-of-french-and.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 1 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb118895090 |title=Notice de personne "Auerbach, Erich (1892-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Auerbach, Erich (1892-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• Erle P. Halliburton, 65, American oil field businessman, founder of Halliburton{{cite news |title=ERLE HALLIBURTON, OIL MAN, 65, DEAD |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/14/archives/erle-halliburton-oil-man-65-dead.html |date=14 October 1957 |at=Page 27, column 2 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |first=Sheri Hoeksema |last=Harris |title=Halliburton, Erle Palmer |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HA012 |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• James McEntee, 73, American machinist and labor leader, second director of the Civilian Conservation Corps{{cite news |title=JAMES J. M'ENTEE, EX-C.C.C. HEAD, DIES; Director of Former Youth Corps; 74, Was a Leader in Machinists Union |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/16/archives/james-j-mentee-exccchead-dies-director-of-former-youth-corps-74-was.html |date=16 October 1957 |at=Page 35, columns 1-2 |access-date=29 May 2023}}

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• A flood in Valencia, Spain, killed at least 81 people and caused extensive property damage.{{cite news |title=18 DIE AS FLOOD SWEEPS VALENCIA; Many Others Feared Lost in Spanish City--People on Roofs Await Rescue |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/18-die-as-flood-sweeps-valencia-many-others-feared-lost-in-spanish.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page 12, columns 1-2 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=60 DEAD OR MISSING IN VALENCIA FLOOD |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/16/archives/60-dead-or-missing-in-valencia-flood.html |date=16 October 1957 |at=Page 7, columns 5-6 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite news |url=http://eltiempo.lasprovincias.es/las-cosas-del-clima/riada-valencia-del-14-octubre-1957 |title=La riada de Valencia del 14 de octubre de 1957 |trans-title=The Valencia flood of 14 October 1957 |newspaper=Las Provincias |date=20 January 2012 |language=es}}
• British racing driver Ronald Searles was killed in a fiery crash at the Monza Circuit in Italy.{{cite news |title=AUTO RACE DRIVER KILLED AT MONZA; Searles Dies During Record Bid When Car Hurtles Off Italian Track and Burns |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/auto-race-driver-killed-at-monza-searles-dies-during-record-bid.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page S42, column 8 |access-date=4 October 2024}}
• Queen Elizabeth II opened the Canadian Parliament, the first monarch to do so.{{cite news |last=Long |first=Tania |author-link=Tania Long |title=Queen in Coronation Gown Opens Ottawa Parliament; Ermine and Television QUEEN IS RADIANT AT OTTAWA RITES Chamber Long Filled Duke in Uniform Heat Becomes Oppressive |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/queen-in-coronation-gown-opens-ottawa-parliament-ermine-and.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 2-5 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• The American Rocket Society presented President Eisenhower with a suggested program for outer space exploration. They proposed the establishment of an Astronautical Research and Development Agency similar to the NACA and the United States Atomic Energy Commission. This agency would have responsibility for all space projects except those directly related to the military services. A list of proposed projects was presented at an estimated cost of $100 million per annum.
• Died:
• Charles G. Johnson, 77, Swedish-born American politician, California State Treasurer{{cite news |title=CHARLES JOHNSON DIES; California State Treasurer Resigned Under Fire in '56 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/charles-johnson-dies-california-state-treasurer-resigned-under-fire.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 1 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• Helena Normanton, QC, 74, first female barrister in the United Kingdom{{cite news |title=MRS. NORMANTON DEAD; First Woman to Practice Law in England Was 74 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/17/archives/mrs-normanton-dead-first-woman-to-practice-law-in-england-was-74.html |date=17 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 2 |access-date=30 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wnormanton.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010043131/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wnormanton.htm |archive-date=10 October 2011 |title=Helena Normanton : Biography |website=Spartacus Educational |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Raymond Renefer, 78, French painter{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb124810648 |title=Notice de personne "Renefer (1879-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Renefer (1879-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=2 May 2016 |access-date=6 June 2023}}
• Joseph H. Stotler, 69, American Thoroughbred racing trainer{{cite news |title=JOSEPH STOTLER, 69, RACE-HORSE TRAINER |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/joseph-stotler-69-racehorse-trainer.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 2 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• Dudley A. White, 56, American newspaper publisher and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio{{cite news |title=DUDLEY A. WHITE, 56, PUBLISHER IN OHIO |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/dudley-a-white-56-publisher-in-ohio.html |date=15 October 1957 |at=Page 30, column 5 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=WHITE, Dudley Allen 1901 – 1957 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000364 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=29 May 2023}}

• A "Round 3" conference involving studies for a follow-on to the X-15 program, which subsequently led to the X-20 Dyna Soar, was held at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory from October 15 to 21. During the course of the meeting, Alfred J. Eggers of Ames advanced several proposals for possible crewed satellite vehicle development projects.
• Born:
• Mira Nair, Indian-born American filmmaker; in Rourkela, Orissa, India{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14124025m |title=Notice de personne "Nair, Mira (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Nair, Mira (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=30 May 2006 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder; in Venice, California{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15009513r |title=Notice de personne "Peralta, Stacy (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Peralta, Stacy (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=10 January 2006 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Neal Ball, 76, American Major League Baseball shortstop{{cite news |title=NEAL BALL DIES AT 76; First Major Leaguer to Make Unassisted Triple Play |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/16/archives/neal-boll-dies-at-76-first-major-leaguer-to-make-unassisted-triple.html |date=16 October 1957 |at=Page 32, column 6 |access-date=30 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/ballne01.shtml |title=Neal Ball Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• André Marquis, 73, French Vichyist admiral{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb177438917 |title=Notice de personne "Marquis, André Amédée Abel (1883-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Marquis, André Amédée Abel (1883-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=22 June 2018 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
• Henry van de Velde, 94, Belgian artist, architect and art theorist{{cite web |title=Henry van de Velde - Biography and Facts |url=http://www.henry-van-de-velde.com/2/Van_de_Velde_facts.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516121752/http://www.henry-van-de-velde.com/2/Van_de_Velde_facts.htm |archive-date=16 May 2011 |website=Henry van de Velde |access-date=2 June 2023}}

• Queen Elizabeth II departed Ottawa and arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia, on her North American tour.{{cite news |last=Asbury |first=Edith Evans |author-link=Edith Evans Asbury |title=Queen in Virginia, Acclaims Leaders of the Revolution; Speech Made from Balcony |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/17/archives/queen-in-virginia-acclaims-leaders-of-the-revolution-speech-made.html |date=17 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 2-4 |access-date=30 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=15,000 Canadian Children Bid Farewell to Elizabeth, Who Calls Her Visit Lovely |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/17/archives/15000-canadian-chidren-bid-farewell-to-elizabeth-who-calls-her.html |date=17 October 1957 |at=Page 19, columns 2-3 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Marion Bachrach, 58–59, American communist, sister of John Abt, died of cancer.{{cite news |title=MARION BACHRACH, COMMUNIST AIDE, 57 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/17/archives/maarion-bachrach-communist-aide-57.html |date=17 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 4 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Ralph Benatzky, 73, Austrian composer{{cite news |title=Ralph Benatzky, Composer, Dies, at 73; Wrote Operettas, Plays and Musicals; Prominent in Europe |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/18/archives/ralph-benatzky-composer-dies-at-73-wrote-operettas-plays-and.html |date=18 October 1957 |at=Page 23, columns 2-3 |access-date=30 May 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |first=Barbara |last=Boisits |title=Benatzky, Ralph (Rudolph Franz [František] Josef) |dictionary=Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon |edition=online |editor-first=Rudolf |editor-last=Flotzinger |editor-link=Rudolf Flotzinger |date=11 December 2019 |access-date=30 May 2023 |doi=10.1553/0x0001f83e |url=https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_B/Benatzky_Ralph.xml |language=de|doi-access=free }}

• Continuing her American tour, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |last=Asbury |first=Edith Evans |title=A MILLION GREET QUEEN IN CAPITAL; President Heads Welcomers at Airport--Sovereign Pays Visit to Arlington |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/18/archives/a-million-greet-queen-in-capital-president-heads-welcomers-at.html |date=18 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 4-7 |access-date=30 May 2023}}

• In a ceremony at the White House, Prince Philip received the gold medal of the National Geographic Society.{{cite news |title=Prince Gets Geography Medal; Talks Satellites With Scientists; President Makes Award at White House --Philip Visits Academy of Sciences, Holds News Conference at Party |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/19/archives/prince-gets-geography-medal-talks-satellites-with-scientists.html |date=19 October 1957 |at=Page 7, columns 2-5 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Two United States Navy balloonists flew to an altitude of almost {{convert|16|mi}}, landing near Hermansville, Michigan.{{cite news |title=2 Navy Balloonists Rise 16 Miles To Unlock Stratospheric Secrets |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/19/archives/2-navy-balloonists-rise-16-miles-to-unlock-stratospheric-secrets.html |date=19 October 1957 |at=Page 3, columns 4-5 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
• Born: Catherine Ringer, French musician, dancer and actress, co-founder of Les Rita Mitsouko; in Suresnes, France{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/catherine-ringer-mn0001037721/biography |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |title=Catherine Ringer Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=6 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Eugene Cunningham, 60, American writer{{cite news |title=EUGENE CUNNINGHAM, WROTE OF OLD WEST |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/20/archives/eugene-cunningham-wrote-of-old-west.html |date=20 October 1957 |at=Page 86, column 7 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |date=22 October 1957 |title=Former EP Writer Dies on Coast |newspaper=The El Paso Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/429758776/?terms=%22Eugene%20Cunningham%22&match=1 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa, 71, Indian author and parliamentarian{{cite news |title=DR. J.M. KUMARAPPA, INDIAN EDUCATOR, 71 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/dr-jm-kumarappa-indian-educator-71.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 86, column 8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın, 82, Turkish writer, politician and journalist{{cite news |title=YALCHIN, EDITOR IN TURKEY, WAS 82; Dean of Nation's Press, Foe of Nazis, Dies--Jailed for Insulting Menderes Known in West |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/19/archives/yalchin-editor-in-turkey-was-82-dean-of-nations-press-foe-of-nazis.html |date=19 October 1957 |at=Page 21, column 5 |access-date=30 May 2023}}

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• Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attended an American football game in College Park, Maryland.{{cite news |last=Asbury |first=Edith Evans |title=ELIZABETH II SEES A FOOTBALL GAME; Equipped With Blanket and Chrysanthemum--Hailed at Maryland Stadium Asks to See a Supermarket ELIZABETH II SEES A FOOTBALL GAME Busy Morning in Capital Co-Captains Meet Queen 21-Gun Salute for Philip |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/20/archives/elizabeth-ii-sees-a-football-game-equipped-with-blanket-and.html |date=20 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 4 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=British Press Is Baffled By Game Queen Viewed |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/21/archives/british-press-is-baffled-by-game-queen-viewed.html |date=21 October 1957 |at=Page 9, column 7 |access-date=31 May 2023}} They also visited a supermarket in West Hyattsville, Maryland.{{cite news |title=A Delighted Queen Tours Supermarket; Unheralded Arrival Astounds Shoppers |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/20/archives/a-delighted-queen-tours-supermarket-unheralded-arrival-astounds.html |date=20 October 1957 |at=Page 34, columns 3-4 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• A helicopter crash in Farmingdale, New York, killed a beauty pageant winner on her way to her coronation and injured two other people.{{cite news |title=L.I. BEAUTY QUEEN KILLED IN 'COPTER; Dies on Way to Ceremony as Plane [sic] Crashes in Sight of 500 at Farmingdale |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/20/archives/li-beauty-queen-killed-in-copter-dies-on-way-to-ceremony-as-plane.html |date=20 October 1957 |at=Page 64, columns 4-5 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Montreal Canadiens player Maurice Richard became the first player in the history of the National Hockey League to score 500 career goals in a 3-1 home victory over the Chicago Black Hawks.{{cite news |title=Richard Scores His 500th Goal As Canadiens Defeat Hawks, 3-1; Rocket Reaches Mark With Drive of 20 Feet--Leafs Trounce Bruins, 7-0 Canadiens Lead League Cullen, Harris Pace Leafs |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/20/archives/richard-scores-his-500th-goal-as-canadies-defeat-hawks-31-rocket.html |date=20 October 1957 |at=Page S4, columns 7-8 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Died: V. Gordon Childe, 65, Australian archaeologist, committed suicide by jumping.{{cite news |title=SCIENTIST KILLED IN FALL OFF CLIFF; Body of V. Gordon Childe Archaeology Leader, Found in Australian Mountains Life Work on Pre-History Related Early Man to Today |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/20/archives/scientist-killed-in-fall-off-cliff-body-of-v-gordon-childe.html |date=20 October 1957 |at=Page 28, column 1 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite book |title=Prehistorian: A Biography of V. Gordon Childe |last=Green |first=Sally |year=1981 |publisher=Moonraker Press |location=Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire |isbn=978-0-2390-0206-8 |page=154}}

• Two trains collided at Yarımburgaz in Turkey; 95 people died.{{cite news |title=TRAIN WRECK KILLS 25; Simplon Express in Crash in Turkey--Toll May Rise |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/21/archives/train-wreck-kills-25-simplon-express-in-crash-in-turkeytoll-may.html |date=21 October 1957 |at=Page 3, column 4 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=82 Dead and 171 Hurt In Turkish Rail Crash |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/82-dead-and-171-hurt-in-turkish-rail-crash.html |date=22 October 1957 |at=Page 8, column 6 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=TURKISH RAIL TOLL UP; Number of Dead Is Now 89 in Sunday's Crash |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/turkish-rail-toll-up-number-of-dead-is-now-89-in-sundays-crash.html |date=23 October 1957 |at=Page 14, column 4 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
• Born: Manuel Huerga, Spanish film director and screenwriter; in Barcelona, Spain{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Died:
• Jack Buchanan, 66, British actor, died of spinal cancer.{{cite news |title=JACK BUCHANAN, COMEDIAN, DEAD; Star of British Musicals Won Acclaim on Broadway-- Film and TV Performer Broadway Bow in 1924 Admirer of Harry Lauder |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/21/archives/jack-buchanan-comedian-dead-star-of-british-musicals-won-acclaim-on.html |date=21 October 1957 |at=Page 25, columns 1-2 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite book |last=Hardy |first=Phil |author-link=Phil Hardy (journalist) |title=The Da Capo companion to 20th-century popular music |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=New York |year=1995 |isbn=9780306806407 |page=124}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jack-buchanan-33522 |title=Jack Buchanan - Broadway Cast & Staff |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Paul Dyer Merica, 68, American metallurgist, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=PAUL MERICA DIES; METALLURGIST, 68; Ex-Head of International Nickel Was Noted for His Scientific Contributions Became President in 1952 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/paul-merica-dies-metallurgist-68-exhead-of-international-nickel-was.html |date=22 October 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 1-2 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite journal |last=Jeffries |first=Zay |author-link=Zay Jeffries |title=Paul Dyer Merica: March 17, 1889—October 20, 1957 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences |year=1959 |access-date=31 May 2023 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/merica-paul.pdf |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=225–240}}

• Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in New York City.{{cite news |last=Bracker |first=Milton |title=CITY TO WELCOME THE QUEEN TODAY UNDER A FAIR SKY; Party Arrives Downtown by Ferry--a Parade Up Broadway Follows Millions Await Glimpse Travel Will Vary Queen Tours City Today Under Regal Autumn Sky FERRY TO CARRY HER TO BATTERY Harbor to Toot Welcome-- Parade Up Broadway and Host of Events Follow Harbor Welcome Due City to Fete Queen Prince to Visit Institute |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/21/archives/city-to-welcome-the-queen-today-under-a-fair-sky-party-arrives.html |date=21 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 4 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |last=Asbury |first=Edith Evans |title=THRONGS ACCLAIM QUEEN AND PRINCE ON VISIT TO CITY; This Is How the City Welcomed Britain's Queen Ashore and Afloat |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/throngs-acclaim-queen-and-prince-on-visit-to-city-this-is-how-the.html |date=22 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 4-8 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |last=Alden |first=Robert |title=British Monarch Is Welcomed Officially by the Mayor in Ceremony at City Hall; A 21-GUN SALUTE HAILS SOVEREIGN Queen Inspects Troops and Receives Medal--1,800 Greet Her at Luncheon Prince, Mrs. Wagner Chat Queen's Coat Admired Signs Guest Register Urges Cooperation |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/british-monarch-is-welcomed-officially-by-the-mayor-in-ceremony-at.html |date=22 October 1957 |at=Page 15, columns 1-8 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Born:
• Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate; in Heidelberg, West Germany{{cite web |title=Wolfgang Ketterle – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2001/ketterle/facts/}}
• Steve Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer (Toto); in San Fernando Valley, California{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Deming |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-lukather-mn0000042513/biography |title=Steve Lukather Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Michalis Dorizas, 71, Turkish-born Greek Olympic athlete and University of Pennsylvania professor{{cite news |title=MICHAEL M. DORIZAS, U. OF P. PROFESSOR |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/28/archives/michael-m-dorizas-u-of-p-professor.html |date=28 October 1957 |at=Page 26, column 4 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70723 |title=Michail Dorizas |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Joseph T. Rucker, 70, American cinematographer{{cite news |title=JOSEPH T. RUCKER, NEWSREEL MAN, 70; Photographer Who Went to the Antarctic With Byrd in 1928-30 Is Dead |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/joseph-t-rucker-newsreel-man70-photographer-who-went-to-the.html |date=23 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 4 |access-date=1 June 2023}}

• Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip returned to the United Kingdom from their North American tour.{{cite news |last=Ronan |first=Thomas P. |title=QUEEN ACCLAIMED ON ARRIVING HOME; 5,000 at London Airport Roar Welcome to Her and Philip --Press Extols Tour |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/queen-acclaimed-on-arriving-home-5000-at-london-airport-roar.html |date=23 October 1957 |at=Page 17, columns 3-6 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
• Born: Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician; in Buenos Aires{{cite web |url=https://www.danielmelingo.com/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804083712/https://www.danielmelingo.com/about |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |title=about |website=Melingo |year=2016 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14601873d |title=Notice de personne "Melingo, Daniel (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Melingo, Daniel (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=23 March 2021 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Mary Colum, 73, Irish literary critic, wife of Padraic Colum{{cite news |title=MARY COLUM DIES; A LITERARY CRITIC; Irish Writer Succumbs While at Work on Book on Joyce With Husband, Padraic |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/mary-colum-dies-a-literary-critic-irish-writer-succumbs-while-at.html |date=23 October 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 1-2 |access-date=1 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://marycolum.com/biography/ |title=Mary Colum - Biography |publisher=The Selected Works of Mary M. Colum, Denise A. Ayo |year=2020 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
• Frederick R. Knubel, 60, president of the United Lutheran Synod of New York and New England, died of a heart ailment.{{cite news |title=Rev. Dr. Frederick R. Knubel Dies at 60; President of United Lutheran Synod Here |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/rev-dr-frederick-r-knubel-dies-at-60-president-of-united-lutheran.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 2-3 |access-date=2 June 2023}}

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• A total solar eclipse took place.{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1957Oct23T.GIF |title=Total Solar Eclipse of 1957 Oct 23 |first=F. |last=Espenak |author-link=Fred Espenak |publisher=NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |date=7 July 2004 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers Viscount crashed at Nutts Corner Airport in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, killing all seven people aboard.{{cite news |title=BELFAST CRASH KILLS 7; Witnesses Report Airliner Undershot Runway |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/belfast-crash-kills-7-witnesses-report-airliner-undershot-runway.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 10, column 5 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Herbert Brownell Jr. resigned as United States Attorney General. William P. Rogers, the United States Deputy Attorney General, was chosen to succeed him.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Lewis |title=BROWNELL QUITS; ROGERS IS CHOSEN AS HIS SUCCESSOR; Attorney General-Designate Is Expected to Take Post in About Two Weeks CLOSE FRIEND OF NIXON Has Built Up Good Relations With Congress--Brownell Says He Seeks No Office Deputy Since 1953 BROWNELL QUITS; AIDE TO TAKE POST |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/brownell-quits-rogers-is-chosen-as-his-successor-attorney.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 6-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}

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• President Eisenhower approved the design for the seal of the United States Department of the Navy.{{cite news |title=NAVY SEAL APPROVED; President Acts on First Formal Design for Department |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/navy-seal-approved-president-acts-on-first-formal-design-for.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 25, column 8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Born: Paul Kagame, 4th President of Rwanda; in Tambwe, Gitarama Province, Ruanda-Urundi{{cite web |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/paul-kagame/ |title=Paul Kagame Biography |publisher=Academy of Achievement |date=24 January 2018 |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Clarence Alcott, 71, American college football player, coach and investment banker{{cite news |title=CLARENCE F. ALCOTT, INVESTMENT BANKER |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/clarence-f-alcott-investment-banker.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 33, column 2 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Frederick Burton, 86, American actor{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022112/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Frederick Burton |publisher=British Film Institute |department=Films, TV and people |access-date=1 June 2023}}
• Abe Lyman, 60, American bandleader and songwriter{{cite news |title=ABE LYMAN DIES; BAND LEADER, 60; His Californians Were a Top Orchestra Here and on the Coast for Many Years Golden Age on Coast |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/abe-lyman-dies-band-leader-60-his-californians-were-a-top-orchestra.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 1-2 |access-date=1 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/abe-lyman-1899-1957/ |title=Abe Lyman (1897-1957) |website=The Syncopated Times |department=The Red Hot Jazz Archive |access-date=1 June 2023}}

• In the 1957 Ipswich by-election, Labour Party candidate Dingle Foot defeated Conservative candidate John C. Cobbold and Liberal candidate Manuela Sykes for the Ipswich constituency in the House of Commons.{{cite news |last=Middleton |first=Drew |title=BY-ELECTION HELD KEY BRITISH TEST; Ipswich Vote Today Called Fateful--Beer, Verse and Eisenhower Featured |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/byelection-held-key-british-test-ipswich-vote-today-called.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 10, columns 1-5 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=1957 By Election Results |url=http://by-elections.co.uk/57.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329041134/http://by-elections.co.uk/57.html |archive-date=29 March 2012 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Born: John Kassir, American actor and comedian; in Baltimore, Maryland{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-kassir-408706 |title=John Kassir - Broadway Cast & Staff |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Christian Dior, 52, French fashion designer, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=DIOR, 52, CREATOR OF 'NEW LOOK,' DIES; Designer Won Fame in 1947 for Style Innovation Christian Dior Is Dead at 52; Designer Created 'New Look' 'Tyrant of Hemlines' 'Luxury Must Be Defended' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/dior-52-creator-of-newlook-dies-designer-won-fame-in-1947-for-style.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 8 |access-date=1 June 2023}}{{cite web |last=Charleston |first=Beth Duncuff |others=Based on original work by Harold Koda |title=Christian Dior (1905–1957) |work=Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |location=New York |publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dior/hd_dior.htm |date=October 2004}}{{cite web |url=https://museeyslparis.com/en/biography/le-deces-de-christian-dior |title=October 24, 1957 Death of Christian Dior |publisher=Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• Sir Harold Luxton, 69, Australian politician and businessman, died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease.{{cite encyclopedia |first=David |last=Dunstan |author-link=David Dunstan |title=Luxton, Sir Harold Daniel (1888–1957) |dictionary=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/luxton-sir-harold-daniel-7264/text12587 |year=1986 |access-date=26 May 2023}}

• In New Jersey, former professional boxer Tippy Larkin was involved in a three-car accident in which a telephone worker was killed.{{cite news |title=EX-BOXER CHARGED IN JERSEY FATALITY |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/exboxer-charged-in-jersey-fatality.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 10, column 3 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Columbia Pictures released the film Pal Joey, directed by George Sidney and starring Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra, based on the musical comedy of the same name.{{cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. H. |author-link=A. H. Weiler |title=Screen: 'Pal Joey' Back on Broadway; Sinatra Is Starred in Film of Hit Show |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/28/archives/screen-pal-joey-back-on-broadway-sinatra-is-starred-in-film-of-hit.html |date=28 October 1957 |at=Page 0, columns 1-3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/52317 |title=Pal Joey |work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |year=2019 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Born: Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (Bart Simpson from The Simpsons); in Dayton, Ohio{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/october-celebrity-birthdays_n_1030744/ |title=Nancy Cartwright, Randy Jackson & More: This Week's Famous Post50 Birthdays |date=25 October 2011}}
• Died:
• Albert Anastasia, 55, American gangster, was murdered in a barbershop at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan.{{cite news |last=Berger |first=Meyer |author-link=Meyer Berger |title=ANASTASIA SLAIN IN A HOTEL HERE; LED MURDER, INC.; Victim's Brothers |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/anastasia-slain-in-a-hotel-here-led-murder-inc-victims-brothers.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 7-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• {{cite news |title=ROTHSTEIN KILLED IN THE SAME HOTEL; Murder of Anastasia Recalls Unsolved '28 Slaying and Other Gang Executions |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/rothstein-killed-in-the-same-hotel-murder-of-anastasia-recalls.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 12, columns 5-6 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• {{cite news |last=Freeman |first=Ira Henry |title=ANASTASIA ROSE IN STORMY RANKS; One of 4 Feared Brothers, He Survived Death House and Violent Rackets Six Came To America Offered Plot on Dewey |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/anastasia-rose-in-stormy-ranks-one-of-4-feared-brothers-he-survived.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 12, columns 7-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://themobmuseum.org/timeline_events/albert-anastasia-killed/ |title=Albert Anastasia killed |website=The Mob Museum |department=Timeline |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Lord Dunsany, 79, Irish fantasy author{{cite news |title=LORD DUNSANY, 79, IRISH WRITER, DIES; Bearded Baron of Letters, Author of Fifty Volumes, Was Foe of Modernists WIDE FOLLOWING IN U.S. Audiences Acclaimed His Fey Imagination in Plays About 'Mysterious Kingdoms' Wrote of Mysterious Realms Wounded in World War I |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/lord-dunsany-79-irish-writer-dies-bearded-baron-of-letters-author.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 86, columns 1-2 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=21 October 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-John-Moreton-Drax-Plunkett-18th-Baron-of-Dunsany |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Kenneth McKellar, 88, member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Tennessee{{cite news |title=M'KELLAR, 88, DIES; SENATOR 36 YEARS; Tennessean Was Chairman of Appropriations Unit-- Supported New Deal MASTER OF PATRONAGE Noted Orator and Model of Southern Legislator Had Long Feud With Lilienthal Set Record in Senate 'No One Can Beat Him' Began Career in House |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/mkellar-88-dies-senator-36-years-tennessean-was-chairman-of.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 21, columns 1-2 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=MCKELLAR, Kenneth Douglas 1869 – 1957 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000499 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• George D. O'Brien, 57, member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan{{cite news |title=GEORGE D. O'BRIEN DEAD; Former Representative From Detroit Served 14 Years |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/george-d-obrien-dead-former-representative-from-detroit-served-14.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 21, column 2 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=O'BRIEN, George Donoghue 1900 – 1957 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000009 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=3 June 2023}}

• On the same day he returned from an official visit to Albania and Yugoslavia, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, one of the greatest Soviet military heroes of World War II, was relieved of his position as Minister of Defence.{{cite news |last=Frankel |first=Max |author-link=Max Frankel |title=ACTION IS SUDDEN; It Follows Marshal's Return from Albania and Yugoslavia A Stalingrad Defender ZHUKOV RELIEVED OF DEFENSE POST A Soldier Member of Premier The Tass Announcement |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/action-is-sudden-it-follows-marshals-return-from-albania-and.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• {{cite news |title=Zhukov, Hero of Moscow and Stalingrad, Regarded as Greatest Soviet Soldier; PATIENCE, FORCE HIS TWIN TACTICS Stalin Protege Lay in Wait as Germans Weakened, Then Destroyed Armies Cavalryman Under Czar Succession of Victories |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/zhukov-hero-of-moscow-and-stalingrad-regarded-as-greatest-soviet.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 1-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• {{cite news |title=Zhukov Relieved; COLD WAR DEEPENS--BID FOR UNITY IN THE WEST AND CHANGE IN SOVIET LEADERSHIP-- |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/zhukov-relieved-cold-war-deepensbid-for-unity-in-the-west-and.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page T1, columns 1-6 |access-date=2 June 2023}} The Soviet government allowed the news of Zhukov's removal to become known in western countries before releasing it to the Soviet public.{{cite news |title=MOSCOW DELAYS NEWS OF ZHUKOV; Broadcasts It to the West Before Announcing Shift to Soviet People |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/moscow-delays-news-of-zhukov-broadcasts-it-to-the-west-before.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 34, columns 6-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Sputnik 1's batteries ran out by the end of its 326th orbit, and it ceased broadcasting signals.{{cite news |title=REDS SAY SPUTNIK'S BATTERIES WORN OUT |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/27956829/argusleader/ |newspaper=Argus-Leader |location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota |agency=AP |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 4 |access-date=2 June 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last=Schmeck |first=Harold M. Jr. |title=SATELLITE STOPS SENDING SIGNALS; Soviet Asserts Transmitter Has Used Up Its Power-- Beeps No Longer Heard |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/satellite-stops-sending-signals-soviet-asserts-transmitter-has-used.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 26, columns 5-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Born:
• Julie Dawn Cole, English actress; in Guildford, Surrey, England{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18705 |title=COLE, Julie Dawn |work=Film & TV Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116214820/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18705 |archive-date=16 January 2009 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Bob Golic, American National Football League defensive tackle; in Cleveland, Ohio{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GoliBo00.htm |title=Bob Golic Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Gerty Cori, 61, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine{{cite news |title=DR. GERTY T. CORI, BIOCHEMIST, DEAD; Nobel Prize-Winner in 1947 With Husband Was Known for Work on Enzymes |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/dr-gerty-t-cori-biochemist-dead-nobel-prizewinner-in-1947-with.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 86, columns 6-7 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Gerty Cori – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/cori-gt/facts/}}
• Nikos Kazantzakis, 74, Greek writer{{cite news |title=KAZANTZAKIS, 71, WRITER, IS DEAD; Cretan-Born Author of 'Zorba the Greek' Was U.N., Athens Aide 'Zorba' Published Here |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/kazantzakis-71-writer-is-dead-cretanborn-author-of-zorba-the-greek.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page 31, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Níkos Kazantzákis |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=14 February 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nikos-Kazantzakis |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• William P. Lambertson, 77, member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas{{cite news |title=W.P. LAMBERTSON, SERVED IN HOUSE; Kansas Republican, Member From 1928 to 1944, Dies at 77--Foe of Roosevelt |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/28/archives/wp-lambertson-served-in-house-kansas-republican-member-from-1928-to.html |date=28 October 1957 |at=Page 26, columns 3-4 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=LAMBERTSON, William Purnell 1880 – 1957 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000037 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Henry Augustus Pilsbry, 94, American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist{{cite news |title=DR. HENRY PILSBRY, SCIENTIST, 94, DIES; Authority on Land Shells Wrote 'Mollusca' Volume --Philadelphia Curator |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/dr-henry-pilsbry-scientist-94-dies-authority-on-land-shells-wrote.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 85, columns 3-4 |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14595048n |title=Notice de personne "Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1862-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1862-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=20 October 2022 |access-date=2 June 2023}}

• Celâl Bayar was re-elected president of Turkey.{{cite news |last=Haff |first=Joseph O. |title=BIG VOTE LIKELY IN TURKEY TODAY; National Election Is Test of Menderes Austerity and Republican Opposition Strain of Works Program |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/big-vote-likely-in-turkey-today-national-election-is-test-of.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 9, columns 2-6 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Born:
• Jeff East, American actor; in Kansas City, Missouri{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14174343d |title=Notice de personne "East, Jeff (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "East, Jeff (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=2 February 2007 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Tsai Ming-liang, Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker; in Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/tsai-ming-liang-1957 |title=Tsai, Ming–Liang 1957– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Joseph C. Baldwin, 60, United States Army officer and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from New York{{cite news |title=J.C. BALDWIN DIES; EX-LEGISLATOR, 60; Former Congressman From 'Silk Stocking' District Had Been a City Councilman |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/28/archives/jc-baldwin-dies-exlegislator-60-former-congressman-from-silk.html |date=28 October 1957 |at=Page 26, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=BALDWIN, Joseph Clark 1897 – 1957 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000093 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Giovanni Battista Caproni, 1st Count of Taliedo, 71, Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=GIANNI CAPRONI, PLANE DESIGNER; Builder for Italians of 100 Aircraft Types Dies--First Was Tested in 1910 Airplane Bore Name |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/gianni-caproni-plane-designer-builder-for-italians-of-100-aircraft.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 29, column 3 |quote=Gianni Caproni, Italian aviation pioneer credited with giving General of the Armies John J. Pershing the idea of strategic bombing in World War I, died of a heart attack Sunday at the age of 71. His death was not announced until after the funeral today. |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=CAPRONI, Giovanni Battista |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-battista-caproni_(Dizionario-Biografico) |last=Barsali |first=Mario |dictionary=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |volume=19 |year=1976 |language=it |access-date=3 June 2023 |via=Treccani}} This source gives Caproni's day of death incorrectly as October 29.
• Tony Morabito, 47, American football executive, founder of the San Francisco 49ers, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |title=Anthony Morabito, Football Executive, Dies While Watching His 49ers Play |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/28/archives/anthony-morabito-football-executive-dies-while-watching-his-49ers.html |date=28 October 1957 |at=Page 26, columns 2-3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Barney Peck, 56, American stockbroker, father of Stephen M. Peck{{cite news |title=BARNEY PECK, 56, OF STOCK CONCERN; Partner in Brokerage Firm and Member of Exchange Dies--Began as Runner |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/28/archives/barney-peck-56-of-stock-concern-partner-in-brokerage-firm-and.html |date=28 October 1957 |at=Page 26, column 4 |access-date=3 June 2023}}

• In the 1957 Israeli presidential election, the Knesset reelected Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, who was unopposed, as President of Israel.{{cite news |title=Ben-Zvi Is Re-elected As President of Israel |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/benzvi-is-reelected-as-presideant-of-israel.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page 4, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• In Basutoland, flood waters swept a bus into the Tsaoing River, drowning fifty members of the Basuto tribe aboard the bus.{{cite news |title=50 Drown in African Bus |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/50-drown-in-african-bus.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page 4, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Seven people died in an explosion at a powder factory near Oviedo, Spain.{{cite news |title=Powder Plant Blast Kills 7 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/powder-plant-blast-kills-7.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page 3, column 4 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• The crash of a Spanish DC-3 airliner south of Madrid killed all 21 passengers.{{cite news |title=Two Americans Killed In Spanish Plane Crash |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=U.P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/two-americans-killed-in-spanish-plane-crash.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page 6, column 4 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• No deaths or injuries were reported after a gas pipeline explosion near Riverdale, New Jersey.{{cite news |title=GAS PIPELINE EXPLODES; Fumes Cover Wide Area After Blast Near Riverdale, N.J. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/29/archives/gas-pipeline-explodes-fumes-cover-wide-area-after-blast-near.html |date=29 October 1957 |at=Page 28, column 6 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Dr. Richard C. Hubley, an American scientist, died of exposure at a glacier camp in Alaska while conducting research as part of the International Geophysical Year.{{cite news |title=DR. HUBLEY DIES AT GLACIER CAMP; Leader of Four Scientists at Remote Alaska I.G.Y. Base Succumbs to Exposure |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/dr-hubley-dies-at-glacier-camp-leader-of-four-scientists-at-remote.html |date=31 October 1957 |at=Page 28, columns 1-2 |access-date=4 October 2024}}
• Born:
• Florence Arthaud, French sailor; in Boulogne-Billancourt, France (d. 2015, helicopter crash){{cite news |last=Couturié |first=Martin |title=Florence Arthaud, une vie de défis et de convictions |trans-title=Florence Arthaud, a life of challenges and convictions |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/voile/actualites/florence-arthaud-une-vie-de-defis-et-de-convictions-740795 |date=10 March 2015 |newspaper=Le Figaro |language=fr |access-date=6 June 2023}}
• Ahmet Kaya, Turkish folk singer; in Malatya, Turkey (d. 2000, heart attack){{cite web |title=Biography of Ahmet Kaya |url=http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914083852/http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng |archive-date=14 September 2008 |website=Ahmet Kaya Resmi Web Sitesi |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng_2 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011204232/http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng_2 |archive-date=11 October 2008 |title=Ahmet Kaya |website=Ahmet Kaya Resmi Web Sitesi |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Ahmet KAYA |language=fr |access-date=2 June 2023 |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/activites_culturelles/hommage/ahmet_kaya/ |website=Fondation-Institut kurde de Paris}}
• Rachel Levine, American pediatrician, United States Assistant Secretary for Health; in Wakefield, Massachusetts{{cite web |url=https://qnotescarolinas.com/lgbt-history-month-october-22-rachel-levine/ |title=LGBT History Month ― October 22: Rachel Levine |website=QnotesCarolinas.com |publisher=Pride Publishing & Typesetting |access-date=6 June 2023}}
• Stephen Morris, British drummer (Joy Division, New Order); in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England{{cite web |title=Stephen Morris Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000024700 |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=2 June 2023}}
• Died:
• Roy Keith Binney, 72, New Zealand architect and soldier{{cite encyclopedia |first=John |last=Stacpoole |author-link=John Stacpoole |title=Binney, Roy Keith |dictionary=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography |year=1998 |via=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4b32/binney-roy-keith |access-date=30 May 2023}}

• Moshe Dwek threw a hand grenade in the Knesset chamber during a foreign policy debate, injuring David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Carmel, Golda Meir and Rabbi Haim-Moshe Shapira.{{cite news |title=BEN-GURION, AIDES WOUNDED BY BOMB; Mrs. Meir and Three Others Hurt in Knesset--Grenade Hurled by Deranged Man Identified by Police Seated in Last Row BEN-GURION, AIDES WOUNDED BY BOMB Get Treatment at Hospital |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/bengurion-aides-wounded-by-bomb-mrs-meir-and-three-others-hurt-in.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 7 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite news |title=Israeli Officials Injured at Legislative Session |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/israeli-officials-injured-at-legislative-session.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 3, columns 2-4 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• In the wake of the Turkish election two days earlier, riots in six different locations in Turkey resulted in three deaths and at least nine serious injuries.{{cite news |title=3 Turks Die in Rioting Over Sunday's Election |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/3-turks-die-in-rioting-over-sundays-election.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 3, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• The crash of a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter tanker plane into a mountain {{convert|35|mi}} north of Flagstaff, Arizona, killed all sixteen crewmembers.{{cite news |title=8 DEAD, 8 MISSING IN ARIZONA CRASH; Air Force Tanker Plane Smashes Into Mountain on 'Routine Flight' |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/8-dead-8-missing-in-arizona-crash-air-force-tanker-plane-smashes-in.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 15, column 2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=KC-97G Stratofreighter plane crash Flagstaff |url=http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/KC-97G%20Stratotanker.htm |publisher=Arizona Aircraft Archaeology |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002055932/http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/KC-97G%20Stratotanker.htm |archive-date=2 October 2011 |website=Aircraft Wrecks in Arizona and the Southwest |year=2003 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Born: Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (Homer Simpson from The Simpsons); in Chicago, Illinois
• Died:
• José Patricio Guggiari, 73, Paraguayan politician, 32nd President of Paraguay{{cite news |title=JOSE GUGGIARI, 73, OF PARAGUAY DIES; President 1928 to 1932 Was Opposition Party Leader in Exile in Buenos Aires Long Party Ascendancy |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/jose-guggiari-73-of-paraguay-dies-president-1928-to-1932-was.html |date=31 October 1957 |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=JOSÉ PATRICIO GUGGIARI |publisher=Portal Guarani |url=https://www.portalguarani.com/2198_jose_patricio_guggiari.html |year=2021 |language=es |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Louis B. Mayer (born Lazar Meir), 73, Russian-born American film studio mogul, former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), died of leukemia.{{cite news |title=LOUIS B. MAYER, FILM MAKER, DIES; Former Production Chief of M-G-M, 72, Built Movies Around Leading Stars GUIDED GARBO TO FAME Highest Paid Executive in U.S. for 7 Years Resigned From Studio in 1951 Was Hollywood Czar Native of Russia Merged With Goldwyn Remarried in 1948 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/louis-b-mayer-film-maker-dies-former-production-chief-of-mgm-72.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 29, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}Obituary, Variety, October 30, 1957, p. 87.

• Symphony No. 11 (The Year 1905) by Dmitri Shostakovich received its world premiere in Moscow.{{cite news |title=Eleventh Symphony by Shostakovich Cheered at First Moscow Performance |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/eleventh-symphony-by-shostakovich-cheered-at-first-moscow.html |date=31 October 1957 |at=Page 40, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Born:
• Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor; in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2007, suicide by firearm){{cite news |title=Family Says Jeni Committed Suicide |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=Wires |agency=The Associated Press |date=13 March 2007 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301413.html |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Aleksandr Lazutkin, Russian cosmonaut; in Moscow{{cite web |title=Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin |website=European Space Agency |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Mission_Odissea_-_F._De_Winne_-_english/Aleksandr_Ivanovich_Lazutkin |department=Mission Odissea - F. De Winne - english |language=en |access-date=7 June 2023}}
• Kevin Pollak, American actor; in San Francisco, California{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140458390 |title=Notice de personne "Pollak, Kevin (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Pollak, Kevin (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
• Died: Herman Welker, 50, United States Senator from Idaho{{cite news |title=HERMAN WELKER, EX-SENATOR, DIES; Idaho Republican, 1950-56, Was a Stanch Supporter of McCarthy in Censure Move Won by Big Majority ADEEB FARIS |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/herman-welker-exsenator-dies-idaho-republican-195056-was-a-stanch.html |date=31 October 1957 |at=Page 31, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000269 |title=WELKER, Herman 1906 – 1957 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=31 May 2023}}

• Studios throughout Hollywood observed one minute of silence at 11:59 a.m. in memory of Louis B. Mayer.{{cite news |title=HOLLYWOOD PAYS TRIBUTE TO MAYER; Minute of Silence at Studios Precedes Service Attended by Many Movie Notables |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/01/archives/hollywood-pays-tribute-to-mayer-minute-of-silence-at-studios.html |date=1 November 1957 |at=Page 26, column 1 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Born:
• Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor and singer; in Seattle, Washington{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/brian-stokes-mitchell-68335 |title=Brian Stokes-Mitchell - Broadway Cast & Staff |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist (Westboro Baptist Church); in Topeka, Kansas{{cite news |last=Kendall |first=Justin |title=The New Fred |url=http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-new-fred/Content?oid=2183486&showFullText=true |department=Feature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323173519/http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-new-fred/Content?oid=2183486&showFullText=true |archive-date=23 March 2016 |newspaper=The Pitch |date=2 November 2006 |publisher=KC Communications, LL.C. |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Robert Pollard, American musician; in Dayton, Ohio{{cite web |url=http://www.nudeasthenews.com/features/39 |last=Wenzel |first=John |title=Guided By Voices History: Part I: 1983-1994 |department=Features |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808205330/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/features/39 |archive-date=8 August 2010 |website=Nude as the News |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• Died:
• Martha Black OBE, 91, American-born Canadian politician and naturalist{{cite news |title=MARTHA L. BLACK, A LEGISLATOR, 91; First U.S. Woman to Serve in Canadian House Dies-- Sought Gold in Yukon |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/02/archives/martha-l-black-a-legislator-91-first-us-woman-to-serve-in-canadian.html |date=2 November 1957 |at=Page 21, column 6 |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |last=Harris |first=Carolyn |title=Martha Black |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=14 October 2020 |publisher=Historica Canada |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/martha-black |access-date=24 May 2023}} This source gives Black's date of death as November 1, 1957.
• Peter G. Gerry, 78, American lawyer and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Rhode Island{{cite news |title=Peter G. Gerry, Ex-Senator, Dies Hours Before His Brother Robert; Rhode Island Democrat, 78, Was a Foe of New Deal-- Supported Strong Navy |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/01/archives/peter-g-gerry-exsenator-dies-hours-before-his-brother-robert-rhode.html |date=1 November 1957 |at=Page 26, columns 2-3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000141 |title=GERRY, Peter Goelet 1879 – 1957 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• Robert Livingston Gerry Sr., 80, American businessman, older brother of Peter G. Gerry
• Helena Willman-Grabowska, 87, Polish Indologist, Sorbonne and Jagiellonian University professor{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb125691825 |title=Notice de personne "Willman-Grabowska, Helena (1870-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Willman-Grabowska, Helena (1870-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=15 October 2019 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

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