Historical Events In 1958

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

Oct 05   KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

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

Oct 08   On this day in history braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time  

Oct 09   In the year 1958 pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82  

Oct 09   In the year 1958 pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy  

Oct 10   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Oct 11   In the year 1958 "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances  

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

Oct 11   J R Becher, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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" on this day in history.  

Oct 14   On this day in history jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82  

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

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

Oct 15   Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt on this day in history.  

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

Oct 17   In the year 1958 c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies  

Oct 19   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 uSSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam  

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

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

Oct 27   Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   In the year 1958 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 in the year 1958.  

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

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Jan 02   Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker  

Jan 04   Matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist  

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

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 in the year 1958.  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85  

Jan 07   Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)  

Jan 09   On this day in history paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1958 alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65