Page 6: Historical Events In 1958

Mar 26   On this day in history 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   Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party in the year 1958.   

Mar 28   Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 29   On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins   

Mar 31   In the year 1958 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   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   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   Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history eugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt   

Apr 04   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1958 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   On this day in history judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75   

Apr 10   Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 11   On this day in history brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)   

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

Apr 16   Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament in the year 1958.   

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

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   Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist was born in the year 1958.   

Jan 03   Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker was born in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)   

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 in the year 1958.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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