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August 9, 1957

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Headlines from August 9, 1957

POLITICAL ENVOYS LEAD IN ABSENCES; Career Men Reported Away Less Than Half as Often

By Russell Baker Special To the New York Times

Sen com releases transcript of Herter hearing giving State Dept data showing non-career men were absent from duty 2 1/2 times as often as career ambs, '55-56; W T Buchanan was leading absentee; list; at hearing Sen Kennedy suggested Gluck be given another job, Herter testified Repub Natl Com sometimes gets advance notice of apptmt, scored Cong on funds cuts, said London Mission deputy chief Barbour, Paris Mission deputy chief Yost have asked to be relieved of posts because cuts have made it financially impossible for them to meet expenses; Sens H A Smith, Fulbright debated Gluck apptmt

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Notable Births

Melanie Griffith

1957Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer[†]

Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films such as Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) attracted critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.

Notable Deaths

Carl Clauberg

1957Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (born 1898)[†]

Carl Clauberg was a German gynecologist who conducted medical experiments on human subjects at Auschwitz concentration camp. He worked with Horst Schumann in X-ray sterilization experiments at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Historical Context for August 9, 1957

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