Page 12: Historical Events In 1958

Sep 30   Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79.   

Oct 01   Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia   

Oct 01   Inauguration of NASA   

Oct 01   Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA.   

Oct 02   Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies.   

Oct 04   12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal.   

Oct 04   5th French republic established   

Oct 04   Transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC)   

Oct 05   KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Oct 07   US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury.   

Oct 08   Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time   

Oct 09   Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82   

Oct 09   Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy   

Oct 11   "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances   

Oct 11   2nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113810 km, falls back   

Oct 11   J R Becher, writer, dies at 67.   

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

Oct 13   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59   

Oct 13   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   

Oct 14   Malagasy Republic is recorded as becoming autonomous republic in French Community   

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

Oct 15   Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt   

Oct 16   Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres   

Oct 17   C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

Oct 21   1st women in English House of Lords   

Oct 23   De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave".   

Oct 23   In this year, Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, claims Nobel Prize for Literature   

Oct 23   USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam   

Oct 24   Esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81.   

Oct 24   USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba   

Oct 24   USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam.   

Oct 26   Pan Am flies its inaugural Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes   

Oct 26   PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris   

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Jan 02   Vladimir ovchinnikov: Russian pianist   

Jan 03   Shim hyung-rae: South korean filmmaker   

Jan 04   Matt frewer: Washington dc, actor (max headroom, doctor doctor)   

Jan 04   Nina foust: Asheboro nc, lpga golfer (1994 hawaiian ladies open-6th)   

Jan 04   Andy borowitz: American comedian and satirist   

Jan 04   Gary jones: Welsh-born actor   

Jan 05   Suzy amis: Okla city, actress (blame it on rio, where the heart is)   

Jan 07   Donna rice: New orleans la, model/gary hart's lover   

Jan 01   David broekman: Musican (think fast),    

Jan 04   Waverley john anderson: Scot, viscount/governor of bengal,   

Jan 06   Josephine cma: Princess of belgium/nun,   

Jan 07   Petru groza: Premier/president (romania, 1945-58),    

Jan 08   Paul pilgrim: American athlete (b. 1883)   

Jan 09   Paul fechter: German writer/historian (god's magician),    

Jan 10   Charles de trooz: Belgian writer,    

Jan 11   Alec rowley: Composer,