Historical Events In 1958

Mar 26   Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies in the year 1958.   

Mar 26   In the year 1958 uS Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss in the year 1958.   

Mar 29   In the year 1958 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins   

Mar 31   US Navy forms atomic sub division in the year 1958.   

Mar 31   USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Apr 03   Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana in the year 1958.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1958.   

Apr 06   In the year 1958 arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters   

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

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

Apr 10   On this day in history northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco   

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

Apr 16   On this day in history french govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis   

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   In the year 1958 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   Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist was born in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 birth of gary Jones, Welsh-born actor   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover   

Jan 01   On this day in history david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

Jan 04   On this day in history waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75   

Jan 06   In the year 1958 josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1958 charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52   

Jan 11   Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1958.