February 1958 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1958?

Events

01 Feb 1958 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
02 Feb 1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
03 Feb 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
04 Feb 1958 Oh, Captain! opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances
05 Feb 1958 Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black Foreign Minister
06 Feb 1958 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash
07 Feb 1958 1st showing of DAF 600 auto
08 Feb 1958 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
11 Feb 1958 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca, New York
14 Feb 1958 Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms.
15 Feb 1958 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of the USA
16 Feb 1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
17 Feb 1958 Comic strip BC first appears.
19 Feb 1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
20 Feb 1958 LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
21 Feb 1958 Portotino opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 3 performances
22 Feb 1958 Portotino closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 3 performances
23 Feb 1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed
24 Feb 1958 In Cuba, Fidel Castro's ''Radio Rebelde'' begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra.
25 Feb 1958 Bertrand Russell launches the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
28 Feb 1958 A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains the worst school bus accident in U.S. history.
22 Feb 1958 Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.