Ramstedt's two-volume magnum opus, Einführung in die altaische Sprachwissenschaft (' Introduction to Altaic Linguistics ') was published in 1952 – 1957.

Ramstedt ( 1952 – 1957 ).

* 1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines ( TAE ) and founds Olympic Airlines.

* 1957 – Jaroslava Maxova, Czech soprano and vocal coach

* 1957 – Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut

* 1957 – Greg Child, Australian mountaineer

* 1957 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Pure Prairie League and The Notorious Cherry Bombs )

* 1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky

* 1957 – The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.

* 1886 – Eric Coates, English composer and viola player ( d. 1957 )

* 1957 – Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author

* 1957 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer

* 1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English race car driver ( d. 1957 )

* 1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet ( d. 1957 )

* 1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player

* 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician

* 1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress

* 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer ( d. 1957 )

* 1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian painter ( d. 1957 )

* 1957 – Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter

* 1957 – Farhat Basir Khan, Indian theoretician and activist

* 1957 – Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and producer ( Garbage and Spooner )

* 1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command ( NORAD ).

* 1872 – Haakon VII of Norway ( d. 1957 )

* 1957 – Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer

* 1957 – David J, English musician ( Bauhaus and Love and Rockets )

David Janssen ( March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980 ) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive ( 1963 – 1967 ), the starring role in the 1950s hit detective series Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1957 – 60 ), and as Harry Orwell on Harry O.

* 1890 – David Bomberg, English painter ( d. 1957 )

* 1957 – David Muldrow Beasley, American politician

* 1957 – David Hanson, English politician

* 1957 – David Lang, American composer

Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was designed by engineer David B. Steinman and completed in 1957 only after many decades of struggles to begin construction.

* 1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset.

* 1957 – David McCreery, Irish footballer

The late 1950s and 1960s also brought some more thoughtful big war films like Andrei Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood ( 1962 ), David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), and Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) as well as a fashion for all-star epics based on battles which were often quasi-documentary in style and filmed in Europe where extras and production costs were cheaper.

UPI reporters and photographers have won ten Pulitzer Prizes: Russell Jones ( International Reporting, 1957 ), Andrew Lopez ( News Photography, 1960 ), Yasushi Nagao ( News Photography, 1961 ), Merriman Smith ( National Reporting, 1964 ), Kyoichi Sawada ( News Photography, 1966 ), Toshio Sakai ( Feature Photography, 1968 ), Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers ( National Reporting, 1971 ), and David Hume Kennerly ( Feature Photography, 1972 ).

The couple's four sons were Mickey Jr. ( 1953 – 2000 ), David ( born 1955 ), Billy ( 1957 – 94 ), whom Mickey named for Billy Martin, his best friend among his Yankee teammates, and Danny ( born 1960 ).

David Ben-Gurion speaking at the Knesset, 1957

Sir David Lean, CBE ( 25 March 190816 April 1991 ) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ),

The film was remade in 1957 with June Allyson and David Niven in the starring roles.

When the film was remade in 1957, David Niven played Godfrey opposite June Allyson, directed by Henry Koster.

* David ( car ), Spanish car-manufacturing company 1913 – 1923 and 1951 – 1957

Dennis later described the first time Brian heard their song on the radio as the three Wilson brothers ( and soon-to-be-band member David Marks ) drove in Brian's 1957 Ford in the rain: " Nothing will ever top the expression on Brian's face, ever ... THAT was the all-time moment.

* David H. Thompson ( 1884 – 1957 ), American actor

The term Eisenhower Doctrine refers to a speech by President Dwight David Eisenhower on 5 January 1957, within a " Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East ".

David Andrew Stieb (; born July 22, 1957 ) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.

* John David Crow, Heisman Trophy Winner 1957

In 1957, he married Elizabeth Rees-Williams, the daughter of David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore.

The genus was extensively revised by David Keck between 1932 and 1957 ; in 1946 the American Penstemon Society was formed to promote both horticultural and botanical interest.