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April 28, 1957

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Headlines from April 28, 1957

3 FOR WILDCATS; Villanova Mile Victory Caps Penn Carnival-- Manhattan Wins 2 Morgan State Third Longhorns Tie Two Marks VILLANOVA STARS IN RELAYS AT PENN Indiana Ten Yards Back Salcedo Gives Exhibition

By Michael Strauss Special To the New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, April 27-- The sixty-third Penn Relay Carnival came to a smashing close today as an inspired Villanova College guartet triumphed in the mile relay to give the Wildcats major honors for the second straight year.

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Heinrich Bär

1957Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (born 1913)[†]

Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean theatres. On 18 occasions he survived being shot down, and according to records in the German Federal Archives, he claimed to have shot down 228 enemy aircraft and was credited with 208 aerial victories, 16 of which were in a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Sources credit him with 220 – 96 on Eastern Theatre and 124 on Western Theatre – up to 222 aerial victories may also be possible.

Historical Context for April 28, 1957

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