What day of the week was August 21, 1957?

The day of the week August 21st, 1957 fell on was a Wednesday.

Frank Pastore the American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012) was born on 21 August in 1957. As was Steve Smith the American drummer (Journey, Montrose, Steps Ahead, The RD Crusaders, and Vital Information) .

Mait Metsanurk the Estonian author (b. 1879) died on this day in 1957. As did Nels Stewart the Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) , Harald Sverdrup the Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888) .

The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka the the first intercontinental ballistic missile.