Jan.4 Sputnik falls to Earth.

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Events of 1958

January

• * January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957).
• January 8 - A 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.
• January 13 - 9235 scientists publish a plea to stop nuclear bomb tests.
• January 18 - Armed Lumbee Indians confront a handful of Klansmen at the town of Maxton, North Carolina.
  • • Hall of Fame baseball player Roy Campanella is involved in an automobile accident that ends his career and leaves him paralyzed.
• **The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit.

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February

• February 1 - Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic.
• February 2 - The word Aerospace is coined, from the words Aircraft (aero) and Spacecraft (space) taking into consideration that the Earth's atmosphere and outerspace is to be one, or a single realm.
• February 5
  • Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
  • Tybee Bomb a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb was lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia.
• February 6 - Munich air disaster - 23 dead, including 8 players for Manchester United.
• February 11
  • Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
  • Ruth Carol Taylor is the first African American woman hired as a flight attendant.
• February 14 - The Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan unites in the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan with the Iraqi King Faisal II as head of state.
• February 17 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare the patron saint of television
• February 20 - Test rocket explodes in Cape Canaveral.
• February 21 - Peace symbol designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
• February 23
  • Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio. They release him 28 hours later.
  • Arturo Frondizi wins presidential elections in Argentina.
• February 24 - In Cuba, Radio Rebelde, radio of rebels of Fidel Castro, begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra.
• February 25 - Bertrand Russell launches the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
• February 28 - One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurred at Prestonsburg, Kentucky, killing 27.

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March

• March 1 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, ninth bishop (fourth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
• March 2 - A British team led by Sir Vivian Fuchs completes the first crossing of the Antarctic in Snow-cat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams in 99 days.
• March 8 - USS Wisconsin is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896 (recommissioned October 22, 1988).
• March 11 - U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure several people, but no nuclear fission occurs.
• March 17 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
• March 24 - The U.S. Army inducts Elvis Presley, transforming The King Of Rock & Roll into U.S. private #53310761
• March 25 - Canada's Avro Arrow makes its debut flight.
• March 26 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• March 27 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.

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April

• April 1 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop established.
• April 3 - Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana.
• April 4 - April 7 - The first protest march for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament from Hyde Park, London to Aldermaston, Berkshire. Demonstrators demand ban of nuclear weapons.
• April 4 - Cheryl Crane, the daughter of actress Lana Turner, stabs to death her mother's gangster lover Johnny Stompanato (eventually ruled as self-defense).
• April 6 - Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari divorces the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi after she is unable to produce any children.
• April 14 - Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky International Competition for pianists in Moscow, breaking Cold War tensions.
• April 15 - The first Major League Baseball regular season game ever played in California as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0 at San Francisco's Seals Stadium.
• April 17 - King Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the World Fair in Brussels, also known as Expo '58.

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May

• May 1
  • Arturo Frondizi becomes President of Argentina.
  • The Nordic Passport Union comes into force.
• May 9 - Actor-singer Paul Robeson, whose passport has been reinstated, sings in a sold-out one-man recital at Carnegie Hall. The recital is such a success that Robeson gives another one at Carnegie Hall a few days later. But after these two concerts, Robeson is seldom seen in public in the United States again. His Carnegie Hall concerts are later released on records and on CD.
• May 12 - A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
• May 13
  • French Algerian protesters seize government offices in Algiers, leading to a military coup.
  • During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard M. Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
• May 15 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• May 18 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph.
• May 20 - Fulgencio Batista's government launches counteroffensive against Castro's rebels.
• May 21 - United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, Subscriber Trunk Dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area. [1]
• May 23 - Explorer 1 ceased transmission
• May 30 - The bodies of unidentified soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.

is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Arturo Frondizi Ercoli (October 28, 1908 - April 18, 1995) was the President of Argentina between 1 May 1958 and 29 March 1962 for the Intransigent Radical Civic Union. ... The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ... The Nordic Passport Union includes Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, fellow traveler, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin Peace Prize laureate. ... Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... NORAD Headquarters Building. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pied-noir is a term for the former French colonists of North Africa, especially Algeria. ... This article is about the capital of Algeria. ... Nickname: Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... The Vice President of the United States[1] (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[2] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Anti-Americanism, often Anti-American sentiment, is defined as being opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sputnik redirects here. ... is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was a single-engined, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1958 until 1967. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (pronounced ; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer, dictator and politician. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, the Postmaster General is a now defunct ministerial position. ... (Alfred) Ernest Marples, Baron Marples (9 December 1907 – 6 July 1978) was a British politician. ... Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) (also known as subscriber toll dialling) is a term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance. ... This article is about the English city. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Explorer-I, officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first United States Earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Belligerents United Nations: Republic of Korea Australia Belgium Canada Colombia Ethiopia France Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Philippines South Africa Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Naval Support and Military Servicing/Repairs: Japan Medical staff: Denmark Italy Norway India Sweden DPR Korea PR China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung... , Sailor and woman at the Tomb of the Unknowns, May 1943 The Tomb of the Unknowns (also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, although it has never been officially named) is a monument in Arlington National Cemetery in the United States dedicated to the American servicemen who have... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

June

• June 1
  • Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
  • Iceland extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km).
• June 2 - San Simeon, California, USA; Hearst Castle opens to the public for guided tours.
• June 4 - Charles De Gaulle visits Algeria.
• June 16 - Imre Nagy is hanged for treason in Hungary.
• June 27 - Peronist party becomes legal again in Argentina.
• June 29 - Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 to win the 1958 World Cup.

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July

• July 5 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest mountain in the world.
• July 7
  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.
  • First International House of Pancakes (IHOP) opens in Toluca Lake, Calif.
• July 10
  • 7.5 Richter scale earthquake in Lituya Bay, Alaska, causes a landslide that produces a huge 520-meter high wave
  • First parking meters installed in Britain
• July 14 - Iraqi Revolution: The Iraqi monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists, King Faisal II is murdered and Abdul Karim Qassim assumes power.
• July 15 - In Lebanon, 5,000 United States Marines land in the capital Beirut in order to protect the pro-Western government there.
• July 17 - British paratroopers arrive in Jordan; King Hussein has asked help against pressure from Iraq.
• July 20 - Various rebel groups in Cuba join forces but communists do not join the deal.
• July 24 - The first life peerage is created in Britain.
• July 26
  • Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched
  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom gives her son Charles the title of Prince of Wales.
  • July 28 - Terrance Stanley Fox is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• July 29 - The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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August

• August 3 - The nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) became the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.
• August 23 - Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
• August 27 - The United States begins Operation Argus.
• August 30-September 1 - Riots between blacks and whites in Notting Hill, London.

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September

• September 1 - Beginning of the First Cod War between UK and Iceland.
• September 6 - Paul Robeson performs in concert at Young Pioneer camp Artek.
• September 12 - Jack St. Clair Kilby invents first integrated circuit.
• September 14 - Two rockets designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr (the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere.
• September 27 - Typhoon Ida in Honshū, Japan at least 1,269 killed.
• September 28 - In France, a majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the Fifth Republic.
• September 30 - U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

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October

• October 1
  • Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League.
  • NASA starts operations and replaces the NACA.
• October 2 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
• October 4 - BOAC uses new Comet jets to become the first airline to fly jet passenger services across the Atlantic.
• October 9 - Pope Pius XII dies.
• October 11 - Pioneer 1, the second and most successful of three project Able space probes, became the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA.
• October 23 - The three Apple high Smurfs showed up for the first time
• October 28 - Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII as the 261st pope.

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