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April 6, 1957

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Headlines from April 6, 1957

Emergency Refugee Plan For Hungarians Is Ending; U.S. Emergency Refugee Plan For Hungarians Will Be Ended

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

US officials, Vienna, confirm repts that US will and emergency migration plan in wk; refugees with kin in US resentful; Cong reluctance to act on new legis seen linked; processing of refugees seen ltd to experienced scientists and close kin of refugees already admitted to US; State Dept spokesman repts 'normal' admission quotas restored

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France Forms Agency to Guard Liberties in Rebellious Algeria; GROUP TO PROTECT RIGHTS IN ALGERIA

By Robert C. Doty Special To the New York Times

French Cabinet creates permanent comm to safeguard human rights and expose exaggerated accusations; indignant over charges of torture by mil and civil authorities; R Aron urges promise of independence, excerpts from book pub in L'Express; M Duverger calls French methods stupid, article in L'Express; Lacoste gives optimistic rept on mil situation; Govt asks Paris de Bolardiere to explain in writing his 'act of indiscipline' in asking relief from Algeria command

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Notable Births

Giorgio Damilano

1957Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach[†]

Giorgio Damilano is an Italian former race walker.

Maurizio Damilano

1957Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach[†]

Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.

Jaroslava Maxová

1957Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator[†]

Jaroslava Maxová is a Czech mezzo-soprano opera singer and vocal coach.

Paolo Nespoli

1957Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut[†]

Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27 flight engineer. Nespoli's third spaceflight was on board Soyuz MS-05, which launched in July 2017 for Expedition 52/53. He was also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut prior to his retirement in 2019.

Historical Events

Greece

1957The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".[†]

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning thousands of islands and nine traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.

Historical Context for April 6, 1957

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