The Lions have won four NFL Championships, the last in 1957, giving the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals.

In 1993, the club won its first league title since 1967, and a year later, for the first time since 1957, it won a second consecutive title – alongside the FA Cup – to complete the first " Double " in the club's history.

In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons.

The club moved to Lerkendal in 1957 and their first title was the 1960 Cup, resulting in the first participation in a UEFA tournament.

In 1957, while playing piano at a New York City jazz club called the Showplace he was asked to write a show to replace one that had transferred ( that show was Little Mary Sunshine ).

Blackpool finished seventh in 1957 – 58, after which Joe Smith left the club.

Meanwhile, there was speculation that the club would fold, but a threadbare United team completed the 1957 – 58 season, with Busby's assistant Jimmy Murphy standing in as manager ; he had not travelled to Belgrade as he was in Cardiff managing the Welsh national team at the time.

In 1957 Davies and Korner decided that their central interest was the blues and closed the skiffle club, reopening a month later as The London Blues and Barrelhouse Club.

The organization filed a charter for non-profit corporation status in 1957, writing a description so vague, Phyllis Lyon remembered, " it could have been a charter for a cat-raising club.

The late 1950s saw a sharp downturn in Sunderland's fortunes, and the club was once again implicated in a major financial scandal in 1957.

With a generation of legendary and unforgettable superstars: Garrincha, Nilton Santos, Didi, Amarildo, Mario Zagallo, Manga and Quarentinha, the club won the Campeonato Carioca in 1957, 1961 and 1962.

The run of success of the 1940s, came to an end in the early 1950s, and the club only won two state championships in the new decade, in 1953 and 1957.

The club established itself regionally with victory in two Torneio Rio-São Paulo cups in 1957 and 1960.

The next season would see their first major achievement in the league, Depor finished as runners-up just one point behind Atlético de Madrid under the management of Argentinian Alejandro Scopelli, who brought to the club a group of South American players such as Julio Corcuera, Oswaldo García, Rafael Franco and Dagoberto Moll who made the team more competitive and able to remain top flight status for 9 seasons in a row until 1957.

He first joined the club in 1952 as a coach, before being promoted to assistant manager in 1957.

One night in 1957, while at Club Manhattan, another popular club in East St. Louis, Ann asked Ike to let her sing onstage.

The team's on-field struggles caused Capozzi to fire Clem Crowe as the head coach and replace him with Danny Edwards, who returned after playing with the club during the 1957 season.

Only between 1957 – 60 and 1970 – 72 have shirts not been predominantly amber, when the club opted for white with a small amber and black detail on the shirt's sleeves.

He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30 – 30 seasons in 1956 and 1957.

The Stars became the first professional sports team to play in Las Vegas since the Las Vegas Wranglers baseball club who played from 1947 – 52 and 1957 – 58.

During this period, the Saints were a farm club of the Chicago White Sox ( 1936 – 1942 ), the Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1944 – 1957 ), and the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1958 – 1960 ).

The Red Sox actually swapped ownership of their top farm club, the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, for the Millers in 1957, enabling the Giants to move to San Francisco.

This club disbanded after 1957, and Peoria was again without professional ball, for the next 25 years until the current Chiefs set up shop.

In the following season, the club won a second league championship and also entered the FA Cup for the first time, defeating Carlisle United 6 – 1 in the first round – a cup record for the biggest victory by a non-league club over a league club, which has since been equalled in 1955 by Boston United, and again in 1957 by Hereford United.

" Rock Around the Clock " was the first record ever to sell over one million copies in both Britain and Germany and, in 1957, Haley became the first major American rock singer to tour Europe.

Broadway became one-way from Columbus Circle south to Herald Square ( 34th Street ) on March 10, 1957, in conjunction with Sixth Avenue becoming one-way from Herald Square north to 59th Street and Seventh Avenue becoming one-way from 59th Street south to Times Square ( where it crosses Broadway ).

Helped considerably by the Soviet campaign against the novel, Doctor Zhivago became an instant sensation throughout the non-Communist world upon its release in November 1957.

In 1957, Warren Spahn became the first left-handed pitcher to win the award.

Eventually, San Francisco became the only street-running manually operated system to survive — Dunedin, the second city with such cars, was also the second-last city to operate them, closing down in 1957.

His albums also became more popular, and he was featured on ABC-TV's The Eddy Arnold Show during the summer of 1956 ; as well as on Country Music Jubilee in 1957 and 58 ( by then renamed Jubilee USA ).

In 1957, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Starting in 1957, Dallas McKennon became the voice of Gumby.

Named after American revolutionary, patriot, and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972.

The first successful test followed on 21 August 1957 ; the R-7 flew over 6000 km and became the world's first ICBM.

After the split from Martin, Lewis remained at Paramount and became a major comedy star with his first film as a solo comic, The Delicate Delinquent ( 1957 ).

They then became known for a series of satirical comedy films, such as Private's Progress ( 1956 ), Lucky Jim ( 1957 ) and I'm All Right Jack ( 1959 ).

Early on, Greenberg ( 1957: 41, 1960 ) became convinced that many of the reportedly unrelated languages could be classified into larger groupings.

In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community ( later the European Union ) and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area.

Laika (, literally meaning " Barker "; c. 1954 – November 3, 1957 ) was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth – as well as the first animal to die in orbit.

In 1957, Manchester United became the first English team to compete in the European Cup, despite objections from The Football League, who had denied Chelsea the same opportunity the previous season.

This practice started in 1950, with the initiation of broadcasts the Day of Arafa, and increased until 1957, at which time Radio Makka became the most powerful station in the Middle East at 50 kW.

Falk first appeared on television in 1957, in the dramatic anthology programs that later became known as the " Golden Age of Television.

Skeptics such as Milbourne Christopher have found that some cases of poltergeist activity can be attributed to unusual air currents, such as a 1957 case on Cape Cod where downdrafts from an uncovered chimney became strong enough to blow a mirror off of a wall and knock things off shelves.

Three years later, in 1957, it became a subsidiary of the White Motor Company.

He then became involved with the avant-garde, performing on Jazz Advance ( 1956 ), the debut album of Cecil Taylor, and appearing with Taylor's groundbreaking quartet at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival ; he also made a notable appearance on an early Gil Evans album.

The residents of British Togoland voted to join the Gold Coast as part of the new independent nation of Ghana in 1957, and French Togoland became an autonomous republic within the French Union in 1959.

Die Stem was the co-national anthem with God Save the King / Queen from 1936 to 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1995.

In 1957, it changed its name and became the University of Sudbury.

He became a Lieutenant in the Soviet Air Force on 5 November 1957 ; on 6 November 1959 he received the rank of Senior Lieutenant.