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April 6, 1957

On April 6, 1957, the flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines". Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.

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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.

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On April 6, 1957

  1. 1957 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

    Country in Southeast Europe

    Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

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Mukesh Ambani 1957– Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries
Hervé Le Tellier 1957– French linguist and author
Herbert Wetterauer 1957– German painter, sculptor, and author
Donald Tusk 1957– Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
Bob Horner 1957– American baseball player
Steve Buscemi 1957– American actor and director

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