Page 2: Historical Events In 1958

Jan 21   In the year 1958 kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Jan 22   KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances   

Jan 23   Dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies in the year 1958.   

Jan 24   In the year 1958 after warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion   

Jan 26   In the year 1958 h Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan as Israeli minister of Defense   

Jan 26   Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" in the year 1958.   

Jan 27   In the year 1958 ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary   

Jan 27   On this day in history ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary   

Jan 28   On this day in history construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor   

Jan 28   In the year 1958 dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck   

Jan 29   Movie actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward are married on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming   

Jan 29   In the year 1958 paul Newman &Joanne Woodward wed   

Jan 30   Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70 in the year 1958.   

Jan 30   In the year 1958 house of Lords passes bill allowing women in   

Jan 30   The first 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX on this day in history.   

Jan 31   America launches its first satellite, Explorer I, from Cape Canaverel on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In Ottawa Ontario James Gladstone takes his seat as Canada's first native Senator; Alberta Blood Indian is appointed by the Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in the year 1958.   

Jan 31   James van Allen discovers radiation belt in the year 1958.   

Jan 31   The U.S. enters the space race with the successful launch of the Explorer One satellite on this day in history.   

Jan 31   US launches their first artificial satellite, Explorer 1 in the year 1958.   

Feb 01   In the year 1958 1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women   

Feb 01   Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1958 uS satellite (Explorer I) launched   

Feb 02   Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1958 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3   

Feb 03   In the year 1958 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3   

Feb 04   In the year 1958 "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances   

Feb 04   Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania) in the year 1958.   

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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   On this day in history birth of matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies   

Jan 10   On this day in history charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52   

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