Saturday, May 30, 2009

JULY 1958

July 2
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
July 3
"Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS and NBC)
July 4
72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)
July 5
65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
July 5
J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname
July 6
Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected President of Mexico
July 6
Alaska becomes 49th state
July 7
C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England vs. New Zealand Headingley
July 7
President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood
July 7
William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York
July 8
25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
July 9
Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
July 10
1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed)
July 10
Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia
July 12
"Li'l Abner" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 693 performances
July 12
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
July 13
13th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
July 13
87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham
July 13
Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
July 14
General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq
July 14
Pope Pius XII publishes his 39th and last encyclical Meminisse juvat
July 14
Saddam Hussein and Iraqi army overthrows the monarchy
July 15
President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
July 17
King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation
July 17
Peter Shaffer's "Five Finger Exercise," premieres in London
July 17
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
July 19
Charly Gaul wins Tour de France
July 19
"Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances
July 20
40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA
July 20
Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament
July 20
King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR
July 22
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
July 23
1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
July 24
14 people named 1st life peers in U.K.
July 24
Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again
July 24
Test Cricket debuts against New Zealand for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row
July 26
Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV
July 27
Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open
July 28
Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
July 29
President Eisenhower signs NASA and Space Act of 1958
July 29
Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
July 31
Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet

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