Historical Events In 1958

Mar 26   Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies in the year 1958.   

Mar 26   US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" in the year 1958.   

Mar 27   In the year 1958 cBS Labs announce new stereophonic records   

Mar 27   On this day in history havana Hilton opens   

Mar 27   Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53   

Mar 29   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss in the year 1958.   

Mar 29   In the year 1958 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins   

Mar 31   US Navy forms atomic sub division on this day in history.   

Mar 31   USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   On this day in history antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens   

Apr 02   On this day in history last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW.   

Apr 02   National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   In the year 1958 wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)   

Apr 03   On this day in history "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances   

Apr 03   Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana in the year 1958.   

Apr 03   On this day in history theodor Kramer, writer, dies   

Apr 04   1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) in the year 1958.   

Apr 04   In the year 1958 eugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt   

Apr 04   Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 in the year 1958.   

Apr 05   In the year 1958 jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87   

Apr 05   Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters in the year 1958.   

Apr 07   Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line in the year 1958.   

Apr 07   In the year 1958 judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75   

Apr 10   In the year 1958 chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30   

Apr 10   Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco in the year 1958.   

Apr 11   In the year 1958 brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)   

Apr 15   On this day in history estelle Taylor, dies at 64   

Apr 16   Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament on this day in history.   

Apr 16   French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis in the year 1958.   

Apr 17   In the year 1958 brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens   

Apr 18   In the year 1958 maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85   

Apr 20   Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist   

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

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

Jan 04   Nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist   

Jan 04   Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 01   In the year 1958 david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 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   Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74 in the year 1958.   

Jan 08   In the year 1958 death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)   

Jan 09   In the year 1958 paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies   

Jan 10   On this day in history charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52   

Jan 11   On this day in history alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65