July 1958 calendar

July 1958
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1958: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1958?

Events

01 Jul 1958 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
03 Jul 1958 Andy Williams Show premieres on ABC
04 Jul 1958 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser
05 Jul 1958 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer
06 Jul 1958 Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected President of Mexico
07 Jul 1958 William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows, New York
08 Jul 1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
09 Jul 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
10 Jul 1958 Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed Premier of Cambodia
11 Jul 1958 Count Michael Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, direct descendant of Samuel Aba, King of Hungary, at the age of 60 is pistol-whipped and murdered over a few hectares of land by Czechoslovak Communists during the collectivization process at his residence in Olcsvar, Slovakia.
12 Jul 1958 Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo. He was the last Belgian governor of the Congo prior to independence.
13 Jul 1958 87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham
14 Jul 1958 Colonel Saddam Hussein and Iraqi army overthrows the monarchy
15 Jul 1958 US marines deployed in Lebanon
17 Jul 1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan / Iraqi federation
19 Jul 1958 Oh, Captain! closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 192 performances
20 Jul 1958 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch Country Club - Pennsylvania
24 Jul 1958 14 people named 1st life peers in the UK
25 Jul 1958 The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou.
26 Jul 1958 Army launches fourth US successful satellite, Explorer IV.
27 Jul 1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open
28 Jul 1958 Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
29 Jul 1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
31 Jul 1958 Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet
09 Jul 1958 A 7.8 M  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.