Page 13: 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   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   On this day in history "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances   

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

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   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1958.   

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   In the year 1958 jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82   

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

Oct 15   In the year 1958 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   In the year 1958 benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres   

Oct 17   C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on this day in history.   

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   De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" in the year 1958.   

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 in the year 1958.   

Oct 24   In the year 1958 uSS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba.   

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   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   Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII in the year 1958.   

Oct 28   Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII in the year 1958.   

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   Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor) was born in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 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   Suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1958 birth of donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 09   Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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