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January 1, 1957

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Historical Context for January 1, 1957

In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people^[†]

Notable Births

1957Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece^[†]

Evangelos Venizelos is a Greek academic and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2011 to 2015, as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015 and Minister for Finance of Greece from 17 June 2011 to 21 March 2012. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the first electoral district of Thessaloniki. He is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Historical Events

1957George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.^[†]

George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 2.84 million and the second largest metropolitan economy in the country. The city proper spans an area of 306 km2 (118 sq mi) encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets, and had a population of 794,313 as of 2020.

1957Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.: 6, 18^[†]

In Thailand, lèse-majesté is a crime according to Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, which makes it illegal to defame, insult, or threaten the king of Thailand, the queen of Thailand, the heir to the throne of Thailand, or the regent of Thailand. Modern Thai lèse-majesté law has been on the statute books since 1908. Thailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law since the Second World War. With penalties ranging from three to fifteen years imprisonment for each count, it has been described as the "world's harshest lèse majesté law" and "possibly the strictest criminal-defamation law anywhere". Its enforcement has been described as being "in the interest of the palace".

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EGYPT URGES U.S. TO FREE ASSETS; Funds Were Frozen in July --Move Is Seen as Effort to Pave Way for New Aid

By Osgood Caruthers Special To the New York Times

CAIRO, Dec. 31--Egypt has appealed urgently to the United States to release Egyptian dollar assets that have been frozen in American banks for the last five months, an official source said today.

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Front Page 1 -- No Title; Tensions Laid to Israel

By Dana Adams Schmidt Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31--The Ambassador of Syria told the State Department today that the United States' services as protector of the Middle East against the Soviet Union would not be welcomed by the Arab nations.

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Cathedral in Hartford Is Ruined In 2d Church Fire in 36 Hours; FIRE IN HARTFORD RUINS CATHEDRAL

By Special to The New York Times

HARTFORD, Dec. 31-Fire ruined the $5,000,000 St. Joseph's Cathedral today. The Roman Catholic church, seat of the archdiocese of Hartford, was the second to burn here in thirtysix hours.

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GOMULKA LINES UP WITH TITO TO DEFY SOVIET DICTATION; Each Red Land Has Its Own Problems, Say Statements After Yugoslavs' Visit

By M.s.handler Special To the New York Times

WARSAW, Dec. 31--Wladyslaw Gomulka, Polish Communist leader, has aligned himself with President Tito of Yugoslavia against Soviet interference in the internal affairs of the smaller Communist countries.

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5% RAIL FARE RISE GRANTED BY I.C.C.; 8 Eastern and All Western Roads Get Increase-- Pullman Charges Up

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31--The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized today a 5 per cent increase in coach and firstclass fares on all Western railroads and eight Eastern railroads.

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Senate's Liberals Prepare New Attack on Filibusters; Anderson Picked for Test

By C.p.trussell Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31--Senate liberals planned new strategy today to end filibusters. A group of Democrats and Republicans, after a closed conference, expressed new hopes that the filibuster would be beaten "some day" if not this year.

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RISING AUTO TOLL MARKS NEW YEAR; But Deaths Trail Estimates --Crowd in Times Square Leads Holiday Celebrants

By The New York Times (by Robert Walker)

Smiles and champagne, dancing and high jinks, and tears of joy and nostalgia ushered in the New Year of 1957 at midnight.

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U.N. Tells Nasser It Will Seek To Speed Israel's Withdrawal; U.N. VOWS TO PUSH ISRAELI RETREAT

By Special to The New York Times

CAIRO, Dec. 31--The United Nations has assured President Gamal Abdel Nasser that it will exert the utmost pressure an the Israelis to speed up their withdrawal from territory they occupied in their attack on Egypt.

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Navy Plans Missile to Be Fired By Submarine While Submergea; U.S. PLANS TO FIRE MISSILE UNDER SEA

By Richard Witkin

The Navy is developing a ballistic missile to be fired from submerged submarines at targets hundreds of miles away, it was disclosed today.

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PRESIDENT PUSHES CIVIL RIGHTS PLAN AT G.O.P. PARLEY; Calls Again for a Moderate Anti-Bias 'Package' as Part of Legislative Program TAX CUT SEEMS DOOMED Balanced Budget Indicated --Democrats Will Join in Foreign Policy Talk Today

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-- president Eisenhower put before the Republican Congressional leaders today a proposed legislative program contemplating moderate civil rights legislation and no cut in taxes.

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U.S. TO CONDUCT MIDEAST POLICY WITHIN U.N. SPIRIT; Plan to Be Directed Against Aggression by Soviet Union or a State It Dominates AIDES GIVE EXPLANATION Dulles Says U. S. Must Help Bar Spread of Moscow's Imperialism to Region

By James Reston Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON Dec. 31-- The Eisenhower Administration's new Middle Eastern policy will operate within the spirit of the United Nations Charter, informed officials said today.

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Dulles and Hammarskjold Have 'Full Talk' on Issues; Meeting Held at Request of President to Get Views of U.N. on situation --Lodge Is Host at Luncheon

By Wayne Phillips Special To the New York Times

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec. 31--Secretary of State Dulles had "a full talk" today with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold on the situation in the Middle East.

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