1957

Timeline

Moguera attacks (The Mysterians)

1956 ← 1957 → 1958

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• The original Godzilla film is released in Poland.
• Godzilla Raids Again is released in Belgium and Italy.

January

• 28 January: The original Godzilla film is released in Sweden.

February

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! is released in the United Kingdom by Eros Films.

March

• 14 March: The original Godzilla film is released in France and Belgium.

May

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, the American edit of the original Godzilla, is released in Japan.
• 1 May: Kow Otani is born in Tokyo, Japan.
• 17 May: DCA releases a heavily edited English-language version of Half Human to a larger span of American theaters.

June

• Half Human is released in the United Kingdom by Eros Films.

July

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, dubbed into Italian and simply titled Godzilla, is released in Italy by Paramount Pictures.
• 7 July: Hanna-Barbera is founded.
• 9 July: Kenji Suzuki is born in Ibaraki, Japan.
• 24 July: The original Godzilla film is released in Portugal.

August

• 6 August: The King Brothers release an edited English dub of Rodan to American theaters.
• 8 August: Half Human is released to Canadian theaters.
• 24 August: Sapporo TV Tower is opened to the public.
• 25 August: The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly is released in Japan.
• 29 August: Shiro Sagisu is born in Tokyo, Japan.

September

• 16 September: The original Godzilla film is released in Australia.
• 25 September: Patrick Tatopoulos is born in Paris, France.

October

• 1 October: Godzilla Raids Again is released in France.
• 3 October: Rodan is released in Macau, China.
• 11 October: The Black Scorpion is released in the United States.

November

• 7 November: Rodan is released in the United States.
• 11 November: Warning from Space is released in Spain.
• 14 November: Hideo Unagami passes away.
• 27 November: Warning from Space is released in France.

December

• 8 December: A preview of Rodan is shown in Canada.
• 9 December: Rodan is released to Canadian theaters.
• 21 December: Tsutomu Kitagawa is born in Kudamatsu, Japan.
• 28 December: The Mysterians is released in Japan.

In fiction

• An alien race known as the Mysterians attack the Earth with the robot monster Moguera and take the women of Earth, but are soon defeated. (The Mysterians)

References

This is a list of references for 1957. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

Bibliography

• Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (3 October 2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819577412.

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