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March 20, 1957

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BEN-GURION GIVES WARNING OF WAR; Asserts Israel Would Fight to Protect Gaza Border and Shipping Rights Prefers Peace Settlement Relies on U.S. Assurance Ben-Gurion Sees Threat of War Over Gaza Peril and Shipping Convinced of Eventual Peace Withdrawal Deadline Denied Ship Makes Second Start First Transit Made Last Week Shippers Pessimistic on Oil Nassau Coroner in Coast Post

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Ben Gurion warns Israel will go to war if necessary to protect Israeli freedom of passage, article in Newsweek

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Notable Births

David Foster (woodchopper)

1957David Foster, Australian woodchopper[†]

David George Foster OAM is an Australian world champion woodchopper, and Tasmanian community figure. He has held the World Woodchopping Championship title for 21 consecutive years, and is Australia's most successful athlete and first and possibly the only athlete in any sport in the world to win over 1,000 titles.

Spike Lee

1957Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Peabody Awards. He has also been honored with an Honorary BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César in 2003, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2015.

Chris Wedge

1957Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor[†]

John Christian Wedge is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for being the lead animator of the sci-fi action film Tron (1982), co-founding the now defunct animation studio Blue Sky Studios, and directing the short film Bunny (1998) and the feature films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005) and Epic (2013). Wedge has received two Academy Awards nominations: one for Bunny, for which he won Best Animated Short; and Ice Age, nominated for Best Animated Feature. He also created and voiced the character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise (2002–2022).

Historical Context for March 20, 1957

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