Historical Events In 1958

Mar 26   On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies  

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

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

Mar 27   In the year 1958 havana Hilton opens  

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

Mar 28   Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53 in the year 1958.  

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

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   In the year 1958 uSSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same  

Apr 02   Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens on this day in history.  

Apr 02   In the year 1958 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) on this day in history.  

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   Theodor Kramer, writer, dies in the year 1958.  

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   Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 in the year 1958.  

Apr 05   In the year 1958 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   Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters on this day in history.  

Apr 07   In the year 1958 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   Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 in the year 1958.  

Apr 10   On this day in history northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco  

Apr 11   On this day in history 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   Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85 in the year 1958.  

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

Jan 04   Matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gary Jones, Welsh-born actor  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is)  

Jan 07   In the year 1958 birth of donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover  

Jan 01   David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1958 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   In the year 1958 paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies  

Jan 10   Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 in the year 1958.  

Jan 11   Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.