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St. Bonaventure from Olean, N.Y.; Dayton, Xavier of Cincinnati and Memphis State triumphed as play began yesterday in the twentieth annual National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden.
IN the cavernous hangars at Seattle where the Boeing Air plane Company builds America's first jet passenger airplanes, the 707 jet transport's fuselage in its early stages looks like the ribbed frame for a Conestoga ...
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1957Michael Kelly, American journalist and author (died 2003)[†]
Michael Thomas Kelly was an American journalist for The New York Times, a columnist for The Washington Post and The New Yorker, and a magazine editor for The New Republic, National Journal, and The Atlantic. He came to prominence through his reporting on the 1990–1991 Gulf War, and was well known for his political profiles and commentary. He suffered professional embarrassment for his role as senior editor in the Stephen Glass scandal at The New Republic. Kelly was killed in 2003 while covering the invasion of Iraq; he was the first United States journalist to die during the war.
1957Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (born 1907)[†]
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957, the most recent Philippine president to die in office. During his term, he is regarded to be the "Golden Age" of the Philippines. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zambales after his outstanding service as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He then served two terms as Liberal Party congressman for Zambales's at-large district before being appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Elpidio Quirino. He was elected president under the banner of the Nacionalista Party. He was the youngest to be elected as president, and second youngest to be president. He was the first Philippine president born in the 20th century and the first to be born after the Spanish colonial era.
1957A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.[†]
On March 17, 1957, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal on the island of Cebu, Philippines, killing 25 of the aircraft's 26 occupants, including the incumbent president of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay. Several high-ranking Philippine government officials, military officials, and journalists were also among the dead. The sole survivor was a reporter for the Philippine Herald, Nestor Mata.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]