August 1958 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1958 US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole
• 02 Aug 1958 Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
• 03 Aug 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
• 04 Aug 1958 Dumont TV Network crumbles
• 05 Aug 1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
• 06 Aug 1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
• 10 Aug 1958 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open
• 14 Aug 1958 Cleveland Indians' Vic Power steals home twice in one game.
• 15 Aug 1958 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19
• 17 Aug 1958 Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
• 18 Aug 1958 Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published
• 19 Aug 1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters.
• 20 Aug 1958 Cubs use 1st baseman Dale Long as their 1st lefty catcher since 1906
• 21 Aug 1958 KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
• 23 Aug 1958 China PR resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe
• 24 Aug 1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
• 27 Aug 1958 Clark Griffith says Senators will probably accept offer to move to Minnesota
• 28 Aug 1958 Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out
• 29 Aug 1958 George Harrison joins Quarrymen
• 30 Aug 1958 September 1 – Notting Hill race riots: Riots between blacks and whites in Notting Hill, London.
• 31 Aug 1958 A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

Famous Birthday

• Michael Jackson

  American singer, dancer and exceptionally talented entertainer.

• Madonna

  American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman, often referred to as the "Queen of Pop.

• Lambert Wilson

  French actor and singer as well as noted family member.

• Tim Burton

  American filmmaker whose work has a Gothic feel, often including a quiet snowfall at night, a Christmas or Halloween scene.

• Anna Politkovskaia
• Eric Zemmour
• Francis Lalanne

  French-Uruguayan pop singer, songwriter, and comedian (theater).

• Madeleine Stowe

  American actress.

• Angela Bassett

  American actress.

• Bruce Dickinson

  heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden - "Run to Hills").

• Belinda Carlisle

  American musician who formed an all-girl group, "The Go-Go's" in California, 1978, with her friend Jane Wiedlin, joined by Charlotte Caffey,...

• James van Praagh
• Dione Forti

  Brazilian pro astrologer with her own astrology radio program, serious minded and a good communicator.

• Calgary (Canada)
• Denis Lapière
• Bambi Bembenek

  American magazine model who interviewed for a job as a policewoman on 8/01/1979, completing school on 5/25/1980.

• Philippe Habert

  French husband of Claude Chirac, the daughter of the Prime Minister.

• Domenico Dolce

  Italian fashion designer, founded Dolce & Gabbana together with his life partner Stefano Gabbana in 1981.

• Scott Hamilton

  American ice skater, a superlative Olympic figure skater known for his fancy footwork, the blurring speed of his spins and his trademark...

• David O Russell
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Famous Deaths

• John G Strijdom

  Premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65.

• Kenneth Leighton

  Composer, dies at 28.

• Leo Blech

  Composer, dies at 87.

• Felipe Boero

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Big Bill Broonzy

  Rocker, dies of cancer at 65.

• Mary Ritter Beard

  American historian, dies at 82.

• William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy

  US blues singer / guitarist, dies at 65.

• Antonius "Toon" Verhey

  Violin cellist / conductor, dies at 63.

• Stevan Hristic

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Walter Schumann

  Choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44.

• Martin du Gard

  Writer.

• Ernest O Lawrence

  Inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57.

• Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov

  Composer, dies at 67.

• Otto Witte

  German acrobat and claimant to the Albanian throne (Born 1868).

• Roger Martin du Gard

  French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1881).

• Gladys L Presley

  mother of Elvis Presley, dies at age 46.

• Frederic Joliot

  French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (Born 1900).

• Ernest Lawrence

  American physicist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of the cyclotron, the first particle accelerator to achieve...

• Ralph Vaughan Williams

  English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores.

• Konstantin von Neurath

  German politician and diplomat 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Perez Prado and His Orchestra - Patricia
2. Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
3. Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
4. The Elegants - Little Star
5. Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette
2. Vic Damone - On The Street Where You Live
3. The Kalin Twins - When
4. The Four Preps - Big Man
5. Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman