Historical Events In 1958

Oct 04   Transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC) in the year 1958.  

Oct 05   In the year 1958 kRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Oct 07   US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury on this day in history.  

Oct 08   In the year 1958 braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time  

Oct 09   On this day in history pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82  

Oct 09   On this day in history pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy  

Oct 10   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1958.  

Oct 11   On this day in history "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances  

Oct 11   2nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back on this day in history.  

Oct 11   In the year 1958 j R Becher, writer, dies at 67  

Oct 12   Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 in the year 1958.  

Oct 13   On this day in history alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59  

Oct 13   On this day in history burial of Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the "Miracle of the Sun".  

Oct 14   Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Oct 14   On this day in history malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community  

Oct 15   Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies in the year 1958.  

Oct 15   In the year 1958 tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt  

Oct 16   Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres in the year 1958.  

Oct 17   On this day in history c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies  

Oct 19   In the year 1958 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Oct 21   On this day in history 1st women in English House of Lords  

Oct 23   In the year 1958 de Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave"  

Oct 23   Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1958.  

Oct 23   In the year 1958 uSSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam  

Oct 24   Esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba on this day in history.  

Oct 24   In the year 1958 uSSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam  

Oct 26   In the year 1958 pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes.  

Oct 26   On this day in history panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris  

Oct 27   In the year 1958 frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74  

Oct 27   Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan in the year 1958.  

Oct 28   On this day in history angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII.  

Oct 28   Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII in the year 1958.  

Oct 29   In the year 1958 boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature  

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Jan 02   In the year 1958 birth of vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist  

Jan 03   In the year 1958 birth of shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker  

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)  

Jan 04   Nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th) was born in the year 1958.  

Jan 04   Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist was born in the year 1958.  

Jan 04   Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is) was born in the year 1958.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover  

Jan 01   In the year 1958 david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55  

Jan 04   Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74 in the year 1958.  

Jan 08   In the year 1958 death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)  

Jan 09   Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1958 charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52  

Jan 11   Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1958.