On this day

April 4, 1957

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from April 4, 1957

Summerfield Warns of Cut In Postal Service Saturday; Will Move Unless Funds Are Granted-Request Slashed by House Unit

By The New York Times

Summerfield warns House Appropriations (Gary) subcom of cut in services effective next Sat unless Cong appropriates extra $47 million to carry PO through fiscal yr; cuts include end of city carrier delivery and closing of POs on Sats and reduction of deliveries in business dists to 1 a day; Natl Lr Carriers Assn scores funds cut; Gary says it is up to PO to determine what economies to make; says funds were denied because PO failed to comply with Anti-Deficiency Act requiring it to apportion its funds equally over 4 qrs; says subcom could have denied whole request; other econ steps considered by PO noted; Eisenhower says that Cong approval of rate rise will not only eliminate deficit but would effect saving in budget, news conf

None0 words
Continue reading...
Share

Notable Births

1957Paul Downton, English cricketer[†]

Paul Rupert Downton is a retired cricketer and cricket administrator.

Aki Kaurismäki

1957Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Aki Olavi Kaurismäki is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), as well as Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He has been described as Finland's best-known film director.

1957Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist (died 2004)[†]

Graeme Hunter Kelling was a Scottish musician and the original guitarist with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue.

1957Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player[†]

Nobuyoshi Kuwano is a Japanese television performer, former member of Rats & Star. His nickname is "Kuwa-man" (桑マン). In Rats & Star, he took charge of the trumpet and vocals. After the group broke up, he shifted to a television comedian and co-starred with The Drifters' Ken Shimura and Masashi Tashiro. He took over as lead vocalist of Rats & Star during Masayuki Suzuki's solo concert tour.

Notable Deaths

E. Herbert Norman

1957E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (born 1909)[†]

Egerton Herbert Norman was a Canadian diplomat and historian. Born in Japan to missionary parents, he became a historian of modern Japan before joining the Canadian foreign service. His most influential book was Japan's Emergence as a Modern State (1940) where he argued that persisting feudal class relations were responsible for government oppression at home and the imperialistic expansion that led to World War II in Asia. During the Red Scare of the 1950s Norman was accused of being a communist or even a spy, though investigations found no corroboration and he was defended by Canadian authorities. He committed suicide in 1957.

Historical Context for April 4, 1957

In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]