Page 6: Historical Events In 1958

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   

Apr 26   Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies.   

Apr 28   Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

Apr 28   Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).   

Apr 28   Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America   

May 01   Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai.   

May 01   Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina.   

May 02   Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89.   

May 03   Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies   

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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,