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December 13, 1957

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Notable Births

Steve Buscemi

1957Steve Buscemi, American actor and director[†]

Steven Vincent Buscemi is an American actor. He is known for his work as an acclaimed character actor. Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited Buscemi as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. His early credits consist of major roles in independent film productions such as Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), In the Soup (1992), and his breakthrough role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992).

Morris Day

1957Morris Day, American musician and actor[†]

Morris E. Day is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of The Time.

Historical Events

1957The Mw  6.5 Farsinaj earthquake strikes Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing at least 1,119 deaths and damaging over 5,000 homes.[†]

The 1957 Farsinaj earthquake struck Hamadan province, Iran on 13 December at 05:15. The moment magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the seismically active Zagros Mountains. The mountain range was also the location for several historic earthquakes. The earthquake occurred near two segments of the active strike-slip Main Recent Fault. At least 1,130 people died, including over 700 in the village of Farsinaj. Additional deaths also occurred in Dehasiyab, Sarab, and other villages. The earthquake left an estimated 15,000 homeless; poor weather conditions including a winter storm on 21 December killed another 20 people. Several deadly and damaging aftershocks in that month killed a total of 38 people.

Historical Context for December 13, 1957

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