Page 2: Historical Events In 1958

Jan 21   On this day in history kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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

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   On this day in history hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies   

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"   

Jan 27   Ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck in the year 1958.   

Jan 29   In the year 1958 movie actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward are married.   

Jan 29   Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming in the year 1958.   

Jan 29   Paul Newman &Joanne Woodward wed on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   House of Lords passes bill allowing women in on this day in history.   

Jan 30   The first 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX in the year 1958.   

Jan 31   On this day in history america launches its first satellite, Explorer I, from Cape Canaverel   

Jan 31   In the year 1958 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.   

Jan 31   In the year 1958 james van Allen discovers radiation belt   

Jan 31   The U.S. enters the space race with the successful launch of the Explorer One satellite in the year 1958.   

Jan 31   US launches their first artificial satellite, Explorer 1 on this day in history.   

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

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   US satellite (Explorer I) launched on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic   

Feb 03   Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 in the year 1958.   

Feb 03   Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 in the year 1958.   

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   In the year 1958 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46   

Feb 05   On this day in history clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)   

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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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 04   Nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th) was born in the year 1958.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gary Jones, Welsh-born actor   

Jan 05   Suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is) was born in the year 1958.   

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

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

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 in the year 1958.   

Jan 08   Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) died in the year 1958.   

Jan 09   In the year 1958 paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies   

Jan 10   Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 in the year 1958.   

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