Saturday, May 30, 2009

AUGUST 1958

August 1
1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
August 1
U.S. atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole
August 2
Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
August 3
USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
August 4
Dumont TV Network crumbles
August 5
Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
August 5
Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi
August 6
Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
August 6
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
August 10
Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open
August 13
Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
August 14
Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21)
August 14
KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99
August 15
25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
August 15
Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago
August 15
Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
August 15
Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
August 17
Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
August 17
World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec
August 18
Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel
August 18
Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
August 18
Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
August 18
"Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, published
August 18
Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records
August 18
TV game show scandal investigation starts
August 18
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
August 18
Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ
August 19
NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters
August 20
Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years
August 20
Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0
August 21
KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
August 22
Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return
August 22
Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
August 23
China resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe
August 23
Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
August 24
Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
August 24
Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
August 27
Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn
August 27
U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
August 27
U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard
August 28
Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
August 29
Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo
August 29
George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)
August 30
U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean

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