Discover what happened on 8 January 1957 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Gavriil Zhukov (soviet naval commander (1899–1957))
- Benkt-Åke Benktsson (Swedish actor and film director)
- Dona Torr (British historian)
- Waldemar Radener (German fighter ace and Knight’s Cross recipient (1921-1957))
- Kinetarō Yoshida
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- Ivan Grozev (Bulgarian literary critic)
- Ivan Khadzhimarchev (Bulgarian writer)
- Naoyoshi Amaoka (Japanese bureaucrat)
- Theodorus Antonius van Haaren (Dutch photographer)
- Paul Guépratte
- Väinö Vaara
- Amerigo Contini
- Kazimierz Popiel (Polish mining engineer)
- John Griffin ((died 1957))
- Percy Clifford Reynolds Reynolds-Moreton ((1886-1957))
- Beatrice Batson ((died 1957))
- Lula Dell Flickinger ((1875-Aft 1920))
- Heinz Huber (German theater director)
- František Skála
- Ferdinand Reiter
- Rebecca Lobatto-Gelder (Holocaust victim (born 1895))
- T.H.J. Sanders
- U. V. Halminen (Finnish politician)
- Lee Burns (1872-1957)
- Jakob Abraham van Overbeeke (Royal Dutch East indies Army personel)
- Ferdinand William Breth
- Sigrun Munthe (Norwegian craftswoman)
- Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (American bacteriologist (1877-1957))