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July 16, 1957

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Historical Context for July 16, 1957

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

Notable Births

Faye Grant

1957Faye Grant, American actress[†]

Faye Grant is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Julie Parrish in NBC's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985.

1957Maurice Kottelat, Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes[†]

Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes.

Historical Events

KLM Flight 844

1957KLM Flight 844 crashes off the Schouten Islands in present day Indonesia (then Netherlands New Guinea), killing 58 people.[†]

KLM Flight 844 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Biak-Mokmer Airport, Dutch New Guinea to Manila International Airport, Manila, Philippines on 16 July 1957, which crashed into Cenderawasih Bay 1.2 kilometres from its departure airport. As a result, 58 out of 68 onboard perished. The flight was the first leg of a service with the ultimate destination of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Headlines from July 16, 1957

ZORIN HINTS MOVE FOR A COMPROMISE ON NUCLEAR CURBS; Voices Interest in French Plan to Bar Such Weapons Except in Self-Defense U.S. SLOWNESS ASSAILED Stassen Defends His Actions --Khrushchev Says West Is Impeding Progress

By Leonard Ingalls Special To the New York Times

LONDON, July 15--The Soviet Union implied today that it might be willing to compromise with the West on banning the use of nuclear weapons. The possiblity of a shift in the Soviet position was suggested by Valerian A. Zorin, chief Soviet delegate to the United

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