Saturday, May 30, 2009

MAY 1958

May 1
Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai
May 1
Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina
May 2
Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City
May 3
84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
May 3
WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
May 4
Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
May 5
KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (PBS) begins broadcasting
May 5
Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
May 5
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 7
Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m
May 8
President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock
May 8
Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru
May 9
Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
May 11
Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
May 11
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
May 11
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 12
"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40
May 12
U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 13
French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
May 13
Jordan and Iraq form Arab Federation
May 13
Pierre Pflimlin forms French government
May 13
Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela
May 13
Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
May 15
U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik III
May 16
Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
May 16
Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
May 17
84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2
May 17
Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
May 18
Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
May 19
Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
May 19
South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
May 19
U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
May 20
U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
May 21
Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
May 21
U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
May 23
Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
May 24
"New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances
May 24
President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
May 24
UP and International News Service merge into United Press International
May 26
Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
May 26
U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
May 26
Union Square, San Francisco becomes state historical landmark
May 27
Ernest Green and 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
May 27
Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
May 28
French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
May 28
Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
May 29
Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels
May 30
U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
May 30
Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington
May 31
Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
May 31
U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)

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