I received this one dollar silver certificate for change.  The following happened in 1957.

• Wham-O Company makes the first Frisbee
• Elvis Presley buys Graceland for $100,000 and plays on the Ed Sullivan Show
• Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as President for the second time
• American Bandstand joins the ABC Television Network
• The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 (with the first animal to orbit the earth)
• Leave it to Beaver premiers on CBS
• West Side Story premiers on Broadway in New York City