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In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]
1957Dwight Clark, American football player (died 2018)[†]
Dwight Edward Clark was an American professional football wide receiver who played for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1987. He was a member of San Francisco's first two Super Bowl championship teams.
1957Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer[†]
Juan Ignacio Duato Barcia, also known as Nacho Duato is a Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer. Since 2014, Duato has been artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet. He is openly gay.
1957Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (died 2023)[†]
Ron Cephas Jones was an American actor, best known for his role as William Hill in the drama series This Is Us (2016–2022), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award; along with four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2020.
1957Calvin Natt, American basketball player[†]
Calvin Leon Natt is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m) forward, Natt played at Northeast Louisiana University under coach Lenny Fant. After college, he played 11 NBA seasons (1979–1990), spending time with the New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, and Indiana Pacers. He represented the Nuggets in the 1985 NBA All-Star Game, and retired with 10,291 career points. He is the older brother of former NBA player Kenny Natt. Natt's nickname was "Pit Bull".
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MOSCOW, Jan. 7--Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China arrived today for important talks with Soviet leaders.
LONDON, Jan. 7--Royal Air Force fighters have been in action in the Aden Protectorate against intruders from Yemen, the Colonial Office announced tonight.
LONDON, Jan. 7--Britain formally condemned today Egypt's intention of closing the Suez Canal to French and British shipping until Israeli forces have withdrawn from the Gaza Strip.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7--The United States has decided to negotiate with Poland on a wide range of questions that have divided the two countries.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7--President Eisenhower moved forward on both the foreign and domestic fronts today in promoting acceptance of his program for the military and...
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 7--The United States will ask the General Assembly this week to appoint a committee to take testimony from Hungarian refugees on Soviet intervention in Hungary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7--President Eisenhower is expected to make two major recommendations to aid farmers this year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7--The Republican Senate leader, William F. Knowland of California, announced today that he would not seek re-election at the expiration of his present term in 1958.
Republican county leaders from the metropolitan area agreed yesterday to propose former City Court Justice Louis J. Lefkowitz to succeed Senator-elect Jacob K. Javits as State Attorney General.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7--John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, called today for speed and unanimity on President Eisenhower's new military and economic plan for the Middle East.
MOSCOW, Jan. 7--The Soviet Union promised tonight to help East Germany overcome major economic and political weaknesses.
ALBANY, Jan. 7--Governor Harriman will inform the Legislature in his annual message on Wednesday that the state let $195,000,000 in highway construction contracts during the calendar year 1956.