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1957
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Update Yeardata: 1957
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<strong>In UK</strong>: Monarch is Elizabeth II. Prime Minister is Anthony Eden (Conservative) but resigns on 10 January due to ill health and Harold Macmillan (Conservative) takes over. Macmillan later told the country "<em>most of our people have never had it so good</em>". The Queen grants the Duke of Edinburgh (her husband) the title of a Prince of the United Kingdom. The Queen also makes the first televised Royal Christmas Message. Ian Fleming publishes James Bond in '<em>From Russia, with Love</em>'.<br /><strong>In USA</strong>: President is Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/New York then Pennsylvania) with Vice President Richard Nixon (R-California). The Cold War (1947–1991) continues. Elvis Presley, aged only 22, buys Graceland for $100,000. The musical <em>West Side Story</em> opens on Broadway.
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