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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20--The Administration plans to ask Congress for an additional $1,000,000,000 to rush development and production of missiles and other weapons.
Cuban rebel mob fights to keep stowaway L Miranda from being returned to Cuba aboard ship on which he fled after Cienfuegos uprising, NYC; 31 held
MADRID, Dec. 20--Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Generalissimo Francisco Franco conferred here for two hours and fifteen minutes today.
MOSCOW, Dec. 20--The leader of the Soviet Union's scientific community warned today it would be "most harmful" to overestimate Soviet scientific achievements.
LONDON, Dec. 20--The British Government's support for the rearmament of Western Europe with United States nuclear weapons survived its first major political test today.
1957Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Raymond Albert Romano is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Raymond "Ray" Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005), for which he won three Primetime Emmy Awards. He is also known for being the voice of Manny in the Ice Age franchise. He has received several other awards including nominations for two Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
1957Tony Lewis, English singer and songwriter (died 2020)[†]
Tony G Lewis was an English singer and musician. He was the lead singer and bassist of the pop-rock band the Outfield, best known for their hit single "Your Love" and "All the Love in the World". After a long career with that band, Lewis began work as a solo artist, releasing his first album Out of the Darkness in 2018 on Madison Records.
1957Eric Coates, English viola player and composer (born 1886)[†]
Eric Francis Harrison Coates was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]