October 1958 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1958 Inauguration of NASA
• 02 Oct 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France
• 04 Oct 1958 12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal
• 05 Oct 1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 06 Oct 1958 US nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
• 07 Oct 1958 Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court.
• 08 Oct 1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
• 09 Oct 1958 New York Yankees beat Milwaukee Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series - Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last ten World Series.
• 11 Oct 1958 Goldilocks opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances
• 12 Oct 1958 CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
• 14 Oct 1958 Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community.
• 15 Oct 1958 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
• 16 Oct 1958 First broadcast of the long-running BBC Television children's programme ''Blue Peter''.ref name=quotPocket On This Dayquot
• 21 Oct 1958 1st women in English House of Lords
• 23 Oct 1958 De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance peace of the brave
• 24 Oct 1958 USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam
• 26 Oct 1958 PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
• 27 Oct 1958 Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as President of Pakistan
• 28 Oct 1958 Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (average went from .230 to .322)
• 29 Oct 1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature

Famous Birthday

• Viggo Mortensen

  American actor, he became a sex symbol after starring as Aragorn in the movie trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings.

• Alain Soral

  French controversal essayist.

• Tim Robbins

  American actor, director and screenwriter, an offbeat character lead.

• Jeannie Longo

  French cyclist, one of France's greatest world-class athletes who has established her presence in a sport which, although particularly...

• Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Simon Le Bon

  English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran (since 1978) and its offshoot, Arcadia...

• Manu Katché

  French jazz-rock musician of Ivorian origin.

• Wendy Makkena

  American actress and dancer known for her versatility with experience ranging from Shakespeare to comedy, voice-over and film.

• Tanya Tucker

  American country-western singer who cut her first demo when she was 13.

• Pascale Ogier

  Actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24.

• Michael Paré

  American actor.

• William Reid

  Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jesus and Mary Chain).

• Tassadit Imache
• Rogério Samora
• Béatrice Pavy
• Ursula von der Leyen

  Belgian-German physician and politician Defense Minister of Germany.

• Julio Médem
• Alton Lister

  American pro basketball player, he played for 16 seasons beginning in 1981.

• Dave Finlay

  Irish-American wrestler and agent.

• Valérie Faris
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Famous Deaths

• Pius XII [Eugenio Pacelli]

  Pope (1939-58), dies at 82.

• J R Becher

  Writer, dies at 67.

• Ed Hinton

  Actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30.

• Gerard Hordijk

  Dutch Architect / painter, dies at 59.

• Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Jean Poveigh

  Composer, dies at 82.

• John C Poortenaar

  Painter / etcher / cartoonist, dies at 72.

• Esther Delterne

  Flemish actress / revue-artists, dies at 81.

• Martin Fallas Shaw

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Rose Macaulay

  Writer, dies at 77.

• Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert]

  Historian / Poet / politician, dies at 74.

• Joseph Klausner

  Polish / Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84.

• Robert Falk

  Russian painter (Born 1886).

• Douglas Mawson

  Australian Antarctic explorer (Born 1882).

• Zoe Akins

  American playwright (Born 1886).

• Ida Wust

  German actress, (Born 1884).

• George Edward Moore

  British philosopher (Born 1873).

• Marie Stopes

  British scientist and sex reformer who was an author and crusader for better birth control in the U.K.

• John Hamilton

  Actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61.

• Gordon Griffith

  American actor, director, and producer (Born 1907).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game
2. Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
3. The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
4. Bobby Day - Rock-In Robin
5. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Kalin Twins - When
2. Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon
3. Dean Martin - Volare
4. Cliff Richard & The Drifters - Move It
5. Dean Martin - Return To Me