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July 29, 1957

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Notable Births

Liam Davison

1957Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (died 2014)[†]

Liam Patrick Davison was an Australian novelist and reviewer. He was born in Melbourne, where, until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston.

Viktor Gavrikov

1957Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player (died 2016)[†]

Viktor Nikolaevich Gavrikov was a Lithuanian-Swiss chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1984.

Nellie Kim

1957Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach[†]

Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet and Belarusian gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the second woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score and the first woman to score it on the vault and on the floor exercise, rivaling Nadia Comăneci, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and other strong competitors of the 1970s.

Historical Events

International Atomic Energy Agency

1957The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.[†]

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 as an autonomous international organization; though governed by its own founding treaty, the IAEA Statute, the organization reports to both the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations, and is headquartered at the UN Office at Vienna, Austria.

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show.[†]

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the second installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Jack Paar, it aired from July 29, 1957 to March 30, 1962, replacing Tonight Starring Steve Allen and was replaced by The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Historical Context for July 29, 1957

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