Historical Events In 1958

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

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

Mar 27   CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records on this day in history.   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1958 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   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 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) in the year 1958.   

Apr 03   "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances in the year 1958.   

Apr 03   In the year 1958 fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana   

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

Apr 04   On this day in history 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)   

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   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   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 in the year 1958.   

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

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

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

Apr 15   In the year 1958 estelle Taylor, dies at 64   

Apr 16   On this day in history arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 in the year 1958.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74   

Jan 08   In the year 1958 death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)   

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   In the year 1958 alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65