Page 13: Historical Events In 1958

Oct 09   Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy   

Oct 10   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Oct 11   "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances   

Oct 11   2nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113810 km, falls back   

Oct 11   J R Becher, writer, dies at 67   

Oct 12   Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30.   

Oct 13   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".   

Oct 14   Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82   

Oct 14   Malagasy Republic is recorded as becoming autonomous republic in French Community.   

Oct 15   Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies   

Oct 15   Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt.   

Oct 16   Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres.   

Oct 17   C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

Oct 19   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Oct 21   1st women in English House of Lords   

Oct 23   De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave".   

Oct 23   In this year, Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, claims Nobel Prize for Literature   

Oct 23   USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam   

Oct 24   Esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81.   

Oct 24   USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba.   

Oct 24   USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam   

Oct 26   Pan Am flies its inaugural Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes   

Oct 26   PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris.   

Oct 27   Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74   

Oct 27   Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan   

Oct 28   Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII   

Oct 28   Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII   

Oct 29   Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature.   

Oct 30   Rose Macaulay, writer, dies at 77.   

Nov 02   Adam von Ahn Carse, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 03   Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies   

Nov 05   "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 performances.   

Nov 06   AL announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959   

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Jan 02   Vladimir ovchinnikov: Russian pianist   

Jan 03   Shim hyung-rae: South korean filmmaker   

Jan 04   Matt frewer: Washington dc, actor (max headroom, doctor doctor)   

Jan 04   Nina foust: Asheboro nc, lpga golfer (1994 hawaiian ladies open-6th)   

Jan 04   Andy borowitz: American comedian and satirist   

Jan 04   Gary jones: Welsh-born actor   

Jan 05   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   

Jan 01   David broekman: Musican (think fast),   

Jan 04   Waverley john anderson: Scot, viscount/governor of bengal,   

Jan 06   Josephine cma: Princess of belgium/nun,    

Jan 07   Petru groza: Premier/president (romania, 1945-58),    

Jan 08   Paul pilgrim: American athlete (b. 1883)   

Jan 09   Paul fechter: German writer/historian (god's magician),    

Jan 10   Charles de trooz: Belgian writer,    

Jan 11   Alec rowley: Composer,