Page 6: Historical Events In 1958

Mar 27   Havana Hilton opens   

Mar 27   Nikita Khrushchev is recorded as becoming Soviet premier and inaugural Secretary of Communist Party.   

Mar 28   Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53.   

Mar 29   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss.   

Mar 29   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins.   

Mar 31   US Navy forms atomic sub division.   

Mar 31   USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same   

Apr 02   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.   

Apr 02   National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA   

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

Apr 03   "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances.   

Apr 03   Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana.   

Apr 03   Theodor Kramer, writer, dies.   

Apr 04   1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)   

Apr 04   EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt   

Apr 04   Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78   

Apr 05   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   

Apr 06   In this year, Arnold Palmer claims inaugural 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   

Apr 07   Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75.   

Apr 10   Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30   

Apr 10   Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco.   

Apr 11   Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)   

Apr 15   Estelle Taylor, dies at 64   

Apr 16   French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis   

Apr 16   In this year, Arnold Palmer claims his inaugural Masters golf tournament   

Apr 17   Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens.   

Apr 18   Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85   

Apr 20   Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM.   

Apr 20   Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup   

Apr 23   Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2000th game   

Apr 24   Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2.   

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Jan 02   Vladimir ovchinnikov: Russian pianist   

Jan 03   Shim hyung-rae: South korean filmmaker   

Jan 04   Matt frewer: Washington dc, actor (max headroom, doctor doctor)   

Jan 04   Nina foust: Asheboro nc, lpga golfer (1994 hawaiian ladies open-6th)   

Jan 04   Andy borowitz: American comedian and satirist   

Jan 04   Gary jones: Welsh-born actor   

Jan 05   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   

Jan 01   David broekman: Musican (think fast),    

Jan 04   Waverley john anderson: Scot, viscount/governor of bengal,   

Jan 06   Josephine cma: Princess of belgium/nun,    

Jan 07   Petru groza: Premier/president (romania, 1945-58),    

Jan 08   Paul pilgrim: American athlete (b. 1883)   

Jan 09   Paul fechter: German writer/historian (god's magician),   

Jan 10   Charles de trooz: Belgian writer,   

Jan 11   Alec rowley: Composer,