Page 13: Historical Events In 1958

Oct 04   On this day in history transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC)   

Oct 05   On this day in history kRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Oct 07   In the year 1958 uS manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury   

Oct 08   Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Oct 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 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" in the year 1958.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 23   In the year 1958 soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature   

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

Oct 24   In the year 1958 esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81   

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

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1958.   

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

Jan 03   Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker was born in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th)   

Jan 04   Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of gary Jones, Welsh-born actor   

Jan 05   In the year 1958 birth of 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 was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1958 waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75   

Jan 06   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 in the year 1958.   

Jan 07   In the year 1958 petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74   

Jan 08   Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) died in the year 1958.   

Jan 09   In the year 1958 paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies   

Jan 10   On this day in history charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52   

Jan 11   On this day in history alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65