1957

Events

• February 11 - William Unek goes on a second killing spree in Malampaka, Tanzania, killing a total of 36 people. He would later be killed by police after being cornered in a house in the village.
• March 14 - President Sukarno declares martial law in Indonesia.
• May 10 - Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is ousted as President of Colombia.
• June - Parmehutu is founded.
• September 4 - Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas calls out the National Guard of the United States to prevent African-American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School.
• October 22 - François Duvalier is elected President of Haiti.
• Unknown - SAVAK is founded.
• Unknown - The Mexican Mafia is founded.

Births

Villain births

• January 6 - Freddie Lee Glenn
• January 25 - Luis Garavito
• January 27 - Yaser Abdel Said
• February 15 - Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
• February 20 - Giovanni Brusca
• March 10 - Osama bin Laden
• March 11 - Qasem Soleimani
• April 4 - Joaquín Guzmán Loera
• May 26 - Mary Bell
• June 29 - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
• August 11 - Ian Stuart Donaldson
• October 18 - Laurie Dann
• October 23 - Paul Kagame
• November 27 - Derrick Bird
• December 17 - Juana Barraza
• December 25 - Hassan Ngeze

Victim births

• February 7 - Sheri Rasmussen

Deaths

Villain deaths

• January 11 - Jack Gilbert Graham
• February 21 - William Unek
• May 2 - Joseph McCarthy
• August 9 - Carl Clauberg
• October 25 - Albert Anastasia