Today in History for May 1958

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai
1st - Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina
2nd - Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC
3rd - 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
3rd - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
4th - Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
5th - KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
5th - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
5th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
7th - US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m
8th - Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
8th - VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
9th - Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
11th - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
11th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
11th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
12th - "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40
12th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
13th - French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
13th - Jordan & Iraq form Arab Federation
13th - Pierre Pflimlin forms French government
13th - Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela
13th - Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
13th - The trade mark Velcro is registered.
15th - USSR launches Sputnik III
16th - Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight F-104 A to a record 1,404.18 MPH
16th - Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mex
17th - 84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2
17th - Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
18th - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
19th - Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
19th - South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
19th - US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
20th - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
21st - Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
21st - US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
23rd - Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes
23rd - Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
23rd - Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
24th - "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 432 perfs
Dictator Fidel Castro 24th - Pres Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
24th - UP & International News Service merge into United Press International
26th - Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
26th - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
26th - Union Square, SF becomes state historical landmark
27th - Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
27th - Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
27th - The F-4 Phantom II first flight.
28th - French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
28th - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
29th - Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels
30th - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
30th - Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington
31st - Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
31st - US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 56 of 56

2nd - Kim Jones, Sonoma California, 5k runner
3rd - Kevin Kilner, American actor
3rd - Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian and radio presenter
4th - Keith Haring, Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review)
5th - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
6th - Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
8th - Lovie Smith, American football coach
9th - Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
10th - Ellen Ochoa, LA California, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
10th - Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
10th - Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
10th - Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Penn)
10th - Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
11th - Peter Antonie, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
11th - Walt Terrell, baseball player
12th - Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
12th - Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
12th - Kim Greist, Stamford CT, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter)
12th - Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist
12th - Eric Singer, American drummer
13th - Frances Barber, Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
14th - Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
15th - Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
16th - Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams)
17th - Vincent Henar, Surinam, bassist (Fra Fra Sound)
18th - Ray Donaldson, NFL center (Dallas Cowboys)
18th - Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free)
20th - Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)
20th - Mike Engleman, Sonoma California, cyclist (Olympics-96)
20th - Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, LA, Pres son/TV host (Ron Reagon Show)
21st - Monte Lynch, cricketer (Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player)
21st - Jefery Levy, American television director
21st - Sabine Bischoff, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, fencer (Oly Gld 1984), (d. 2013)
23rd - Shelly West, Cleve OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West)
23rd - Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
23rd - Mitch Albom, American writer
23rd - François Feldman, French singer
25th - Claus Minah, singer (Scorpions)
25th - Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
25th - Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
25th - Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council)
27th - Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons, Virgin High)
27th - Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
28th - Yvet Anna, painter
29th - Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont) [or 5/5]
29th - Ivar Sisniega, Mexico, pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
29th - Sam Clancy, WLAF defensive assistant coach (Barcelona Dragons)
29th - Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
30th - Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
30th - Michael E Lopez-Alegria, Madrid Spain, Lt Cmdr/astro (STS 73, sk 92)
30th - Ted McGinley, Newport Beach California, actor (Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty)
30th - Steve Israel, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-New York)
31st - Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer (1993 Nike Dominion)
31st - Gary George Hallberg, Berwyn IL, PGA golfer (1983 Andy Williams)
31st - Kyle Secor, Tacoma Wash, actor (Tim Bayliss-Homicide)
31st - Mkhuseli Jack, South African UDF-leader (consumer boycots)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

7th - "The Mark of Zorro" actor Tyrone Power (44) weds Debbie Ann Minardos

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

2nd - Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
3rd - Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies
7th - Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
8th - Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
9th - Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
15th - Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
16th - Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49
19th - Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65
19th - Ronald Colman, British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 67
19th - Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
25th - Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies
27th - Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
27th - Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
28th - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
29th - Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76