April 1958 calendar

April 1958
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1958.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1958: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1958?

Events

01 Apr 1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC / ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
02 Apr 1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens.
03 Apr 1958 Say, Darling opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances
04 Apr 1958 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
05 Apr 1958 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.
06 Apr 1958 Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters.
10 Apr 1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco.
11 Apr 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated
12 Apr 1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
13 Apr 1958 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win.
14 Apr 1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
15 Apr 1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt
16 Apr 1958 22nd Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284.
18 Apr 1958 NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles
19 Apr 1958 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54.
20 Apr 1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM
21 Apr 1958 United Airlines Flight 736 is involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force F-100F-5-NA Super Sabre jet fighter near Las Vegas, Nevada. All 49 persons in both aircraft are killed.
23 Apr 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th homerun and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game.
24 Apr 1958 Lee Walls hits three homeruns, as Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles Dodgers 15-2.
26 Apr 1958 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
28 Apr 1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
30 Apr 1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.
06 Apr 1958 Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes into Saginaw Bay near Freeland, Michigan, killing 47.