August 20, 1957, was a Tuesday. It was 67 years, 3 months, and 1 day ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.
The best-selling single on August 20, 1957 was "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley.
This date was 24,565 days ago. Approximately 819 months have passed. It was the 232nd day of 1957, in week 34. The decade was the fifties. People born on this day are currently 67 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 273 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
It is Tuesday, August 20, 1957. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Leo. The summer of 1957 is coming to an end and fall is just around the corner.
In music, the song "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and Harold Macmillan is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In fashion, women are sporting chemise dresses, sheaths, sack dresses and straight-cut suits. Short boxy jackets and shift dresses are also beginning to become popular. Meanwhile, a lot of men are sporting a "Teddy Boy" style that involves leather jackets, greased-back hair, extremely narrow trousers and velvet-collared jackets. Men are also wearing formal suits as daywear.
Tailfins on cars are extremely popular at the moment. The design looks futuristic, almost like a rocket or the twin rudders on the back of an airplane. It's 1957, so radio stations and jukeboxes are playing songs from singers such as Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, The Diamonds, Tab Hunter, Jimmy Dorsey, Guy Mitchell, Perry Como and Sonny James. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "The Jack Benny Program", "The Danny Thomas Show", and "Gunsmoke".
Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Adventures of Superman", "Winky Dink and You", "Captain Kangaroo", and "The Gumby Show". Popular toys at the moment include Toy Guns, Spinning Tops, Tiny Tears (doll), and BAS-KET Miniature Basketball.
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People in August 1957 were watching the following TV series:
1957 saw the introduction of cars such as the Rambler Rebel, the Pontiac Bonneville, the Opel Rekord P1, the Mercury Colony Park, the Alfa Romeo 2000, and the Datsun 210.
Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 1957:
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If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1957.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out August 20, 1963, instead.
Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on August 20.
Yugoslav and Serbian politician Deceased
Born on August 20, 1941
He turned 16 on this day in 1957.
Musician Deceased
Born on August 20, 1966
He was born exactly 9 years after this date.
Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on August 20, 1957.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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