Page 13: Historical Events In 1958

Oct 04   Transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC) on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1958.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   In the year 1958 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 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   Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1958 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 in the year 1958.   

Oct 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature   

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

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   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   PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris in the year 1958.   

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

Oct 27   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1958.   

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   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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 08   Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

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