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   Havana Hilton opens on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party in the year 1958.  

Mar 28   In the year 1958 chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53  

Mar 29   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss on this day in history.  

Mar 29   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins in the year 1958.  

Mar 31   US Navy forms atomic sub division in the year 1958.  

Mar 31   On this day in history uSSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same  

Apr 02   Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens in the year 1958.  

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   On this day in history national Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA  

Apr 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana  

Apr 03   In the year 1958 theodor Kramer, writer, dies  

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   On this day in history jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87  

Apr 05   On this day in history 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.  

Apr 06   On this day in history arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters  

Apr 07   On this day in history 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  

Apr 07   Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Apr 10   On this day in history chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30  

Apr 10   Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1958.  

Apr 16   In the year 1958 french govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis  

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

Apr 18   On this day in history 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   Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist was born in the year 1958.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker  

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   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   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   Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 in the year 1958.  

Jan 06   On this day in history josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85  

Jan 07   Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74 in the year 1958.  

Jan 08   Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1958 charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52  

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