December 12, 1957, was a Thursday. It was 66 years, 11 months, and 9 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.
What happened on December 12, 1957?
The best-selling single on December 12, 1957 was "You Send Me" by Sam Cooke.
This date was 24,451 days ago. Approximately 815 months have passed. It was the 346th day of 1957, in week 50. The decade was the fifties. The end of 1957 was just 19 days away. People born on this day are currently 66 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 272 seasons of weather since this date.
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It is Thursday, December 12, 1957. Anyone born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. The Christmas season of 1957 is in full swing. People are putting up their decorations and festive songs are playing on the radio.
In music, the song "You Send Me" by Sam Cooke 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 George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "Perry Mason", and "Decoy".
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Winky Dink and You", "Colonel Bleep", "Captain Pugwash", and "The Woody Woodpecker Show". Popular toys at the moment include Tonka trucks, Foto-Electric Baseball, Matchbox toy cars, and Wooly Willy.
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TV audiences were watching the following shows on December 12, 1957:
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 December 12, 1963, instead.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on December 12, 1957.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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