Historical Events In 1958

Mar 26   In the year 1958 phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies  

Mar 26   In the year 1958 uS Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"  

Mar 27   CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records in the year 1958.  

Mar 27   In the year 1958 havana Hilton opens  

Mar 27   On this day in history nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party  

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

Mar 29   In the year 1958 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss  

Mar 29   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins on this day in history.  

Mar 31   On this day in history uS Navy forms atomic sub division  

Mar 31   USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same on this day in history.  

Apr 02   In the year 1958 antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens  

Apr 02   Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW in the year 1958.  

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   In the year 1958 "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances  

Apr 03   Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Theodor Kramer, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

Apr 04   EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt on this day in history.  

Apr 04   In the year 1958 hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78  

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 in the year 1958.  

Apr 06   In the year 1958 arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters  

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   Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 in the year 1958.  

Apr 10   In the year 1958 northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco  

Apr 11   Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF) in the year 1958.  

Apr 15   Estelle Taylor, dies at 64 in the year 1958.  

Apr 16   In the year 1958 arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament  

Apr 16   On this day in history french govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis  

Apr 17   Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens in the year 1958.  

Apr 18   Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Apr 20   On this day in history buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM  

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

Jan 03   Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)  

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th)  

Jan 04   Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist was born in the year 1958.  

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of gary Jones, Welsh-born actor  

Jan 05   Suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) died in the year 1958.  

Jan 09   Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies in the year 1958.  

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