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   On this day in history uS Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"   

Mar 27   On this day in history cBS Labs announce new stereophonic records   

Mar 27   In the year 1958 havana Hilton opens   

Mar 27   Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party on this day in history.   

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   US Navy forms atomic sub division in the year 1958.   

Mar 31   In the year 1958 uSSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same   

Apr 02   Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   In the year 1958 national Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA   

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

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

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   EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt in the year 1958.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1958 arnold Palmer wins first 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 in the year 1958.   

Apr 07   In the year 1958 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1958.   

Apr 17   On this day in history brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens   

Apr 18   Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85 in the year 1958.   

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   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 in the year 1958.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75   

Jan 06   On this day in history josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 in the year 1958.   

Jan 11   Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.