Page 13: Historical Events In 1958

Oct 04   Transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC) in the year 1958.   

Oct 05   In the year 1958 kRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Oct 07   US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time in the year 1958.   

Oct 09   Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82 in the year 1958.   

Oct 09   In the year 1958 pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy   

Oct 10   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1958.   

Oct 11   On this day in history "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances   

Oct 11   2nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back in the year 1958.   

Oct 11   On this day in history j R Becher, writer, dies at 67   

Oct 12   In the year 1958 ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

Oct 13   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history burial of Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the "Miracle of the Sun".   

Oct 14   Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1958.   

Oct 14   On this day in history malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community   

Oct 15   Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt in the year 1958.   

Oct 16   In the year 1958 benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres   

Oct 17   C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1958 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Oct 21   1st women in English House of Lords on this day in history.   

Oct 23   De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" in the year 1958.   

Oct 23   On this day in history soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature   

Oct 23   On this day in history uSSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam   

Oct 24   In the year 1958 esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81   

Oct 24   USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history uSSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam   

Oct 26   In the year 1958 pan Am flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes.   

Oct 26   PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris in the year 1958.   

Oct 27   Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Oct 27   On this day in history gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan   

Oct 28   In the year 1958 angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII.   

Oct 28   Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII in the year 1958.   

Oct 29   Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature in the year 1958.   

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Jan 02   Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist was born on this day in history.   

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   Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 in the year 1958.   

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

Jan 08   Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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