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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Aug. 20--The Security Council declined today to entertain an Arab charge of armed aggression by Britain in Oman.
Stern scores Morros as publicity seeker
Sen com demands Adm further justify restoration; Johnson sees $12 billion available through House sum plus carryover, other funds; Knowland denies it; confs with Eisenhower, other Repub leaders
Repub House members caucus on strategy; Repr Martin comments
ERIVAN. Siranush Martirosyan is a... Soviet school teacher.
1957Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (died 2012)[†]
Frank Enrico Pastore was an American Major League Baseball player and radio host. He pitched for the Cincinnati Reds from 1979 until 1985 and for the Minnesota Twins in 1986, and was in the Texas Rangers organization in 1987.
1957Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (born 1879)[†]
Mait Metsanurk was an Estonian writer who led the neo-realist school of Estonian literature.
1957Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)[†]
Robert Nelson "Old Poison" Stewart was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was the first player to win the NHL's Hart Trophy multiple times, and is considered the NHL's greatest goalscorer in the pre-World War II era, holding the league record for career goals from 1937 to 1952.
1957Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born 1888)[†]
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. He served as director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Norwegian Polar Institute.
1957The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.[†]
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was a flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]