| 10th January 1957 | Harold MacMillan becomes Prime Minister, replacing Anthony Eden, who resigns. |
| 16th January 1957 | The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool. Brian Epstein is introduced to the Beatles here in 1961 and over the next two years, the famous group makes 292 appearances at the club. |
| 20th January 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. |
| 16th February 1957 | The Toddlers' Truce is abolished in the United Kingdom. This was a controversial idea that had prevented television from broadcasting between the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. |
| 6th March 1957 | United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana. |
| 8th March 1957 | Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal. |
| 25th March 1957 | The Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community (EEC). |
| 26th March 1957 | 22-year-old Elvis Presley buys Graceland on Bellevue Boulevard for $100,000. He and his family soon relocate to the property. |
| 12th April 1957 | The United Kingdom announces Singapore will gain self-rule on 1st January 1958. |
| 17th April 1957 | Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey. |
| 24th April 1957 | Sir Patrick Moore presents the first episode of “The Sky at Night“, a popular BBC television programme for astronomy enthusiasts. |
| 15th May 1957 | Operation Grapple: Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb at Malden Island in the Pacific. It fails to detonate properly. |
| 15th May 1957 | Stanley Matthews plays his final international football game, ending a record English international career of almost twenty-three years. |
| 6th July 1957 | John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the very first time, at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles. |
| 2nd October 1957 | David Lean's film “The Bridge on the River Kwai” opens in the United Kingdom. |
| 4th October 1957 | The Soviet Union launches ‘Sputnik 1‘, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. |
| 21st October 1957 | Two trains collide in Turkey, killing ninety-five people. |
| 4th December 1957 | The Lewisham train disaster leaves ninety-two people dead. |