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December 15, 1957

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Notable Births

1957Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster[†]

Mario Marois is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.

1957Mike McAlary, American journalist and author (died 1998)[†]

Michael James McAlary was an American journalist and columnist who worked at the New York Daily News for 12 years, beginning with the police beat. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for his columns exposing police brutality against Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.

Tim Reynolds

1957Tim Reynolds, German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Tim Reynolds is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as lead guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. AllMusic critic MacKenzie Wilson has called Reynolds "an under-rated master".

Historical Context for December 15, 1957

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