Page 6: 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 in the year 1958.   

Mar 27   On this day in history havana Hilton opens   

Mar 27   On this day in history nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party   

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

Mar 29   On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss   

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

Mar 31   US Navy forms atomic sub division on this day in history.   

Mar 31   USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 03   "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   On this day in history theodor Kramer, writer, dies   

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

Apr 04   EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 in the year 1958.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Apr 11   Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF) on this day in history.   

Apr 15   On this day in history estelle Taylor, dies at 64   

Apr 16   In the year 1958 arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament   

Apr 16   French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis on this day in history.   

Apr 17   Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Apr 20   Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM in the year 1958.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th)   

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

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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 07   Donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 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   In the year 1958 petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52   

Jan 11   In the year 1958 alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65