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US Sup Ct weighs J T Watkins '55 contempt conviction; Amer Bar Assn files friend-of-ct brief
von Brentano in Washington; to see Eisenhower
union votes to renegotiate for better settlement; discards vote on 6-yr pact; meeting illus
Govt silent on coup; Nasution confs with staff; parts of Macassar radio proclamation quoted; curfew imposed on city; Sukarno renews unity appeal
Ger salvage ships remove bucket dredger from lower end of Canal
1957Nicholas Coleridge, English journalist and businessman[†]
Sir Nicholas David Coleridge,, DL is a British former media executive, author, and cultural chair. He is chairman of Historic Royal Palaces (2023–) and Provost of Eton (2024–). He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to museums, publishing and the creative industries.
1957Mykelti Williamson, American actor and director[†]
Mykelti Williamson is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the films Forrest Gump, 12 Angry Men (1997), Con Air, and Ali, and the television shows Boomtown, 24, and Justified. In 2016, he portrayed Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's acclaimed film adaptation of August Wilson's play Fences, reprising his role from the 2010 Broadway revival.
1957The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.[†]
The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an aggregate market cap of more than $49.8 trillion as of March 31, 2025.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]