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November 20, 1957

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Headlines from November 20, 1957

ARMY PLAN SEEKS 6 BILLION TO MAKE A MISSILE KILLER; Taylor Urges 3-Year Drive to Develop Weapon to Destroy Soviet I.C.B.M. AIR FORCE RESISTS BID Questions Worth of Such a Device--Says Money Can Be Used on Other Arms

By James Reston Special To the New York Times

Gen Taylor urges all-out effort to produce anti-ICBM missile by '61 at 3-yr cost of $6-7 billion, paper to Joint Cs/S and McElroy; says Nike Zeus can be fitted with nuclear warheads to track and destroy ICBMs; says USSR progress demands major defense break-through; USAF opposes proposal

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Notable Births

Stefan Bellof

1957Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (died 1985)[†]

Stefan Bellof was a German racing driver. Bellof was the winner of the Drivers' Championship in the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for the factory Rothmans Porsche team. His lap record on the Nordschleife configuration at the Nürburgring, set while qualifying for the 1000 km race in 1983, stood for 35 years, when it was beaten by Timo Bernhard in 2018. He also competed in Formula One with Tyrrell Racing during 1984 and 1985. Bellof was killed in an accident during the 1985 1000 km of Spa, a round of the 1985 World Sportscar Championship.

1957John Eriksen, Danish footballer (died 2002)[†]

John Hartmann Eriksen was a Danish professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 319 league goals over the course of 15 seasons. He played in four countries, namely his native Denmark, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland. Eriksen was a Danish international in the 1980s, appearing in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988.

Jean-Marc Furlan

1957Jean-Marc Furlan, French football manager[†]

Jean-Marc Furlan is a French football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Goodluck Jonathan

1957Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria[†]

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in an election, thus allowing for a peaceful transition of power.

Notable Deaths

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

1957Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (born 1875)[†]

Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky or Dobujinsky was a Russian-Lithuanian artist noted for his cityscapes conveying the explosive growth and decay of the early 20th-century city.

Historical Context for November 20, 1957

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