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September 2, 1957

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Historical Context for September 2, 1957

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

Notable Births

Tony Alva

1957Tony Alva, American skateboarder and bass player[†]

Tony Alva is an American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and musician. He was a pioneer of vertical skateboarding and one of the original members of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team, also known as the Z-Boys. The Transworld Skateboarding Magazine ranked him eighth in its list of the "30 Most Influential skateboarders" of all time.

Steve Porcaro

1957Steve Porcaro, American keyboard player and songwriter[†]

Steven Maxwell Porcaro is an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, and film music composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother ; as the songwriter of "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson and songs by Toto; and as the composer of the music for TV series Justified. He has won three Grammys, including Record of the Year for "Rosanna" and Album of the Year for Toto IV, and three nominations.

Historical Events

Ngo Dinh Diem

1957President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.[†]

Ngô Đình Diệm was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination during the CIA-backed 1963 coup d'état.

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