Historical Events In 1958

Oct 04   In the year 1958 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   US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury in the year 1958.  

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 in the year 1958.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on this day in history.  

Oct 13   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Oct 13   In the year 1958 burial of Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the "Miracle of the Sun".  

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   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   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1958 frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74  

Oct 27   In the year 1958 gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan  

Oct 28   In the year 1958 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   On this day in history boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature  

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Jan 02   Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist was born in the year 1958.  

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 in the year 1958.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1958 birth of donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover  

Jan 01   David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

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

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