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2008
Note what happened in December 1958...what were
YOU and YOUR FAMILY
doing?
1
M
1958:
"Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances.
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1958:
24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB).
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1958:
Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses.
4
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1958:
Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
Niger becomes an autonomous state within the French Community on December 4, 1958, after the establishment of the Fifth French Republic.
5
F
1958:
Phils drop plans for New York sportcast as Yankees threat to do same in Philadelphia.
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1958:
US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back.
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Pearl Harbor Day
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9
T
1958:
John Birch Society founded by Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men in Indianapolis.
10
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1958:
1st domestic (New York-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111.
University of Pittsburgh agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates.
11
T
1958:
Upper Volta declares its independence from France.
4th (last) Dutch government of Drees falls.
Archibald MacLeish's "JB" premieres in New York NY.
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13
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14
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1958:
3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first ever to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility.
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18
T
1958:
1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment.
Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day).
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1958:
1st radio broadcast from space (recorded Christmas message by President Eisenhower: "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere").
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21
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1958:
Winter Begins
Charles de Gaulle is elected as the first President and establishes the Fifth Republic.
22
M
1958:
Chanukah
"Chipmunk Song" reaches #1.
"Whoop-Up" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 56 performances.
2nd Dutch Beel government forms.
23
T
1958:
"Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 38 performances.
Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco
24
W
Christmas Eve
25
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Christmas Day
Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (the George Balanchine version) is shown on prime-time television in color for the first time, as an episode of the CBS anthology series Playhouse 90.
Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens.
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28
S
1958:
The Baltimore Colts beat The New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win The NFL Championship.
29
M
1958:
Rebel troops under Che Guevara begin to invade Santa Clara in Cuba.
Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game.
TV soap "Young Dr Malone" debuts.
30
T
1958:
French franc devalued.
31
W
1958:
New Year's Eve
International Geophyscial Year ends.
Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X.
47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2).
Cuban dictator Batista flees.
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