Page 3: Historical Events In 1958

Feb 05   Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km.   

Feb 06   7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich.   

Feb 06   7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash.   

Feb 06   A plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at Munich airport, killing 7 of the team.   

Feb 06   Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135000, making him highest paid   

Feb 07   1st showing of DAF 600 auto.   

Feb 07   Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced   

Feb 07   Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76   

Feb 08   Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.   

Feb 08   French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die   

Feb 08   KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle WA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Feb 10   Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42.   

Feb 11   1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY   

Feb 11   Auto racer Marshall Teague died at age thirty-seven after attempting to raise the closed-course speed record at Daytona.   

Feb 11   Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs   

Feb 11   Ruth Carol Taylor is inaugural African-American woman hired as flight attendant   

Feb 12   Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88   

Feb 13   Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86.   

Feb 14   Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms.   

Feb 15   Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB   

Feb 15   Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones Great Britain.   

Feb 15   Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN   

Feb 15   Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA   

Feb 15   Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA   

Feb 15   Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra.   

Feb 19   Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records.   

Feb 20   Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75.   

Feb 21   "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 3 performances   

Feb 21   Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote).   

Feb 22   "Portotino" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 3 performances   

Feb 22   Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR).   

Feb 22   Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes   

Feb 22   Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash.   

Feb 23   5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels   

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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,