Page 6: Historical Events In 1958

Mar 26   On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies   

Mar 26   On this day in history 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   In the year 1958 nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party   

Mar 28   On this day in history chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53   

Mar 29   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss on this day in history.   

Mar 29   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins in the year 1958.   

Mar 31   In the year 1958 uS Navy forms atomic sub division   

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   On this day in history last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW.   

Apr 02   National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA in the year 1958.   

Apr 02   On this day in history wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)   

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

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   In the year 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)   

Apr 04   On this day in history eugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt   

Apr 04   Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 in the year 1958.   

Apr 05   Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 in the year 1958.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75   

Apr 10   Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 in the year 1958.   

Apr 10   Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco in the year 1958.   

Apr 11   On this day in history brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)   

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   In the year 1958 french govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis   

Apr 17   Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens in the year 1958.   

Apr 18   On this day in history maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85   

Apr 20   Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker   

Jan 04   In the year 1958 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   In the year 1958 birth of andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65