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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

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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.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in February 1958?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - At The Hop
  2. - Get A Job
  3. - Great Balls Of Fire
  4. - Peggy Sue
  5. - Short Shorts

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Great Balls Of Fire
  2. - The Story Of My Life
  3. - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
  4. - Jailhouse Rock
  5. - All The Way / Chicago

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

Release year: 1958

Directed by: Orson Welles

Starring: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia

Country: United States of America

Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride

Release year: 1958

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey

Country: United States of America

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Release year: 1958

Directed by: Richard Brooks

Starring: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb

Country: United States of America

Cowboy

Cowboy

Release year: 1958

Directed by: Delmer Daves

Starring: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy

Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

Release year: 1958

Directed by: Delbert Mann

Starring: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton

Books

Which were the most popular books released in February 1958?
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Mr. Baruch by Margaret L. Coit

Mr. Baruch

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Bernard Baruch granted this Pulitzer Prize winner free access to his extensive collection of papers, making this his definitive biography.

On The Beach by Nevil Shute

On The Beach

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Nevil Shute's most important novel, which was a bestseller for decades after it was published in 1957, is an unforgettable vision about a post-apocalyptic future. The few survivors left in Australia are now waiting for the radioactive cloud to pass …

Eloise In Paris by Kay Thompson

Eloise In Paris

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Bonjour! Eloise, a little girl from Plaza, has just discovered Paris. Here's what Eloise does when she visits Paris: Everything.

San Francisco Bay by Harold Gilliam

San Francisco Bay

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This fascinating and factual account describes the history, life, and legends of California's vital inland waterway. 1957, 1st signer

Home From The Hill by William Humphrey

Home From The Hill

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Finalist for National Book Award: The captivating story of a Texas family ravaged by passion and pride twelve years after Hannah Hunnicutt had been committed to a Dallas asylum.