Historical Events In 1958

Oct 04   In the year 1958 transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC)  

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

Oct 07   On this day in history uS manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury  

Oct 08   Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time in the year 1958.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 11   In the year 1958 2nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back  

Oct 11   J R Becher, writer, dies at 67 in the year 1958.  

Oct 12   On this day in history ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30  

Oct 13   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1958.  

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 in the year 1958.  

Oct 14   Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community on this day in history.  

Oct 15   On this day in history jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies  

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

Oct 16   On this day in history benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres  

Oct 17   C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 19   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Oct 21   1st women in English House of Lords in the year 1958.  

Oct 23   De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" on this day in history.  

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

Oct 23   USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81  

Oct 24   In the year 1958 uSS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba.  

Oct 24   USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes.  

Oct 26   In the year 1958 panAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris  

Oct 27   On this day in history frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74  

Oct 27   On this day in history gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1958.  

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

Jan 07   Donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 in the year 1958.  

Jan 04   Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 in the year 1958.  

Jan 06   In the year 1958 josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.