September 1957
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- Apparently because a stopcock in the brake line was accidentally bumped by a coupler, the brakes failed on a heavily loaded 12-car church excursion train returning from Montego Bay to Kingston, British Jamaica. The crew failed to detect and act on the problem until the train ran away and derailed on a curve at Kendal. Five cars rolled into a ditch and two became wedged in a narrow cutting; 179 people were killed, and hundreds injured.[1][2]
- Born: Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García), Cuban-born American singer; in Havana[3]
- Died: Dennis Brain, 36, English French horn player, died in a traffic collision.[4]
September 2, 1957 (Monday)
- Died: Bobby Myers, 30, American NASCAR driver, was killed in a race crash during the Southern 500 in Darlington, South Carolina.[5]
September 3, 1957 (Tuesday)
September 4, 1957 (Wednesday)
- Died: Hermann Kastner, 70, East German politician and defector, died of a heart attack aboard a train in Munich, West Germany.[6][7][8]
September 5, 1957 (Thursday)
- During the Cuban Revolution, Fulgencio Batista’s forces bombed anti-government riots in Cienfuegos.[9][10]
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Security Council Resolution 125, recommending to the General Assembly that the Federation of Malaya be admitted to the United Nations.[11]
September 6, 1957 (Friday)
- Born: José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal; in Vilar de Maçada, Alijó[12]
September 7, 1957 (Saturday)
- Approaching a section where one track was closed for construction, a train from Paris to Nîmes failed to slow for the crossover at Nozières-Brignon station, and reached it at 92 km/h (57 mph) instead of 30 km/h (19 mph). The locomotive derailed and breached a culvert under the track, which stopped it suddenly, worsening the pileup of cars. 27 people were killed and 134 injured, 30 seriously.[13][14][15]
- In New Orleans, Louisiana, television station WWL-TV went on the air for the first time.[16]
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- Marilyn Van Derbur won the Miss America 1958 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[17]
- Born:
- Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Australian actor; in Broken Hill, New South Wales[citation needed]
- José Luis Gaitán, Argentine footballer; in Rosario[18]
- Lynbert Johnson, American professional basketball player; in New York City[19]
- Anders Jormin, Swedish bassist and composer; in Stockholm[20]
- Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete; in Poznań[21]
- Corporal Kirchner (ring name of Michael James Penzel), United States Army paratrooper and professional wrestler; in Chicago (d. 2021, heart attack)[22]
- John McInerney, British-German singer-songwriter (Bad Boys Blue); in Liverpool[citation needed]
- Iskra Mihaylova, Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament; in Sofia[23]
- Nasser Mohammadkhani, Iranian footballer; in Tehran[24]
- J. Smith-Cameron (born Jean Isabel Smith), American actress; in Louisville, Kentucky[25]
- Jermaine Stewart (born William Jermaine Stewart), American R&B singer; in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1997, AIDS-related hepatocellular carcinoma)[26][27]
- Died: Manlio Rho, 56, Italian painter[28]
September 8, 1957 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Joe Bocan (born Johanne Beauchamp), Canadian pop singer and actress; in Montreal[29]
- Walt Easley, professional American football fullback; in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2013)[30]
- Ricardo Montaner (born Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner), Argentine-born Venezuelan singer; in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires[citation needed]
- Heather Thomas, American actress (The Fall Guy); in Greenwich, Connecticut[31]
September 9, 1957 (Monday)
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- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law, establishing the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[32]
- Died: Muhammad al-Muqri, 103, former Grand Vizier of French Morocco[33]
September 10, 1957 (Tuesday)
- Shortly after midnight, a bomb exploded at Hattie Cotton Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee, which had admitted its first African-American student the previous day, severely damaging one wing of the building.[34][35]
- William C. Beall, chief photographer for The Washington Daily News, took the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Faith and Confidence at a parade in Chinatown, Washington, D.C.[36]
- Born: Murat Zyazikov, Russian politician, President of Ingushetia (2002-2008), Ambassador of Russia to Cyprus, in Osh, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union[37]
- Died: Walter A. Lynch, 63, American lawyer and politician, former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York[38][39]
September 11, 1957 (Wednesday)
- Born: Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer; in Copenhagen[40]
September 12, 1957 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian; in Stavanger, Rogaland[41]
- Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer; in Mosul[42]
- Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress; in Cornwell, Oxfordshire[43]
- Hans Zimmer, German film score composer; in Frankfurt, West Germany[44]
- Died: Clendenin J. Ryan, 52, American businessman and magazine publisher, shot himself to death.[45]
September 13, 1957 (Friday)
- Born:
- Cesare Bocci, Italian actor; in Camerino[46]
- Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer; in Belfast[47]
- Bongbong Marcos (born Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.), 17th President of the Philippines; in Santa Mesa, Manila[48]
September 14, 1957 (Saturday)
September 15, 1957 (Sunday)
September 16, 1957 (Monday)
- Born: David McCreery, Irish footballer; in Belfast[49]
- Died: Qi Baishi, 93, Chinese painter[50]
September 17, 1957 (Tuesday)
- Born: Wayne White, American painter and puppeteer[51]
September 18, 1957 (Wednesday)
- Born: Mark Wells, American professional and Olympic champion ice hockey player; in St. Clair Shores, Michigan (d. 2024)[52][53]
- Died: Sir Galba (born George Brindsley McSween), 38, Grenada-born calypsonian, died by suicide after stabbing his girlfriend.[54]
September 19, 1957 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Mark Acheson, Canadian film, television and voice actor; in Edmonton, Alberta[55]
- Chris Roupas, Greek-American basketball player; in York, Pennsylvania[56]
September 20, 1957 (Friday)
- American boxer Archie Moore retained the world light-heavyweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Tony Anthony in Los Angeles.[57]
- Born: Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter; in Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany[58]
- Died:
- Jean Sibelius, 91, Finnish composer, died of a cerebral hemorrhage.[59]
- Merrill Moore, 54, American poet and psychiatrist, died of cancer.[60][61]
September 21, 1957 (Saturday)
- King Haakon VII of Norway died of a respiratory ailment at the age of 85. His 54-year-old son, Olav V, succeeded him as King.[62][63][64]
- The German sailing ship Pamir sank off the Azores in a hurricane. Of the 86 men aboard, 80 died either in the sinking or over the next three days before the survivors were rescued.[65]
- Born:
- Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, brother of Joel Coen; in St. Louis Park, Minnesota[66]
- Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia; in Nambour, Queensland[67]
- Died: Norma Giménez, 27, Argentine stage and film actress, committed suicide by throwing herself under a train.[68]
September 22, 1957 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor; in Warracknabeal, Victoria[69]
- Mark Johnson, American college and Olympic ice hockey coach and college, professional and Olympic champion ice hockey player; in Minneapolis[70]
- Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collector; in Maracaibo[71]
- Died: Toyoda Soemu, 72, Japanese admiral[72][self-published source?]
September 23, 1957 (Monday)
- Born: Rosalind Chao, American actress known for M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; in Los Angeles[73]
September 24, 1957 (Tuesday)
- Camp Nou, home stadium of FC Barcelona, officially opened in Barcelona, Spain.[74]
September 25, 1957 (Wednesday)
- The second Atlas launch vehicle was destroyed in a launching attempt at Cape Canaveral, Florida.[75]
September 26, 1957 (Thursday)
- West Side Story, a new musical by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in New York City.[76]
- Born: Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager; in Matera[77]
September 27, 1957 (Friday)
- Born: Peter Sellars, American theatre director; in Pittsburgh[78]
