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 in the year 1958.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy in the year 1958.   

Oct 10   In the year 1958 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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

Oct 11   In the year 1958 j R Becher, writer, dies at 67   

Oct 12   In the year 1958 ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

Oct 13   On this day in history alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 14   Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community in the year 1958.   

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

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

Oct 16   In the year 1958 benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres   

Oct 17   C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies in the year 1958.   

Oct 19   In the year 1958 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

Oct 23   On this day in history de Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave"   

Oct 23   Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature on this day in history.   

Oct 23   USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam in the year 1958.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74 in the year 1958.   

Oct 27   Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan on this day in history.   

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

Oct 28   On this day in history angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII   

Oct 29   Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature in the year 1958.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1958 birth of vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th)   

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

Jan 04   Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor was born in the year 1958.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)   

Jan 09   Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies in the year 1958.   

Jan 10   Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 in the year 1958.   

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