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Min Naim repts Afghanistan will get $25 million in mil aid under '56 pact with USSR; says arms could not be bought in US or elsewhere; stresses defense needs
Eisenhower backers Sens Ives, Javits, C P Case, Allott, Carlson issue statement scoring Cong record
US cool to suggestions by Turkey and Iraq that it join Pact in response to Syrian drift to left
Independence seen presenting pol problem to Asian bloc; Duke of Gloucester hands over documents proclaiming nation ind; Sir A Rahman sworn in as Paramount Ruler (King); illus; GB marks occasion, London ceremony
Graham NYC crusade; record 26,700 attend last Madison Sq Garden meeting
1957Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist[better source needed][†]
Alexandra Yurievna "Sasha" Aikhenvald (Eichenwald) is an Australian-Brazilian linguist specialising in linguistic typology and the Arawak language family of the Brazilian Amazon basin. She is a professorial research fellow at Central Queensland University
1957Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female singers of all time.
1957Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach[†]
Duško Ivanović is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]