Saturday, May 30, 2009

September 1958

September 1
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
September 1
St. Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout
September 2
Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 2
Henry Verwoerd appointed Prime Minister of South Africa
September 2
KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
September 2
Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium
September 2
National Defense Education Act was signed
September 5
1st color video recording on magnetic tape
September 5
"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US
September 5
WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 6
Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959
September 6
U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
September 7
72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62)
September 7
78th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86)
September 8
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
September 8
Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan
September 8
Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo
September 9
Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game
September 9
Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London
September 10
WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11
Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 12
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 12
U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate
September 13
Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
September 13
Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
September 14
Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jackson Golf Open
September 14
WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
September 14
Yankees win 24th pennant, and 9th under Casey Stengel
September 15
48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ
September 15
Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)
September 17
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 19
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 20
Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits New York Yankees 1-0
September 20
Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
September 20
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 21
1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas
September 21
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 22
KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting
September 22
U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
September 23
Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 23
Stravinsky's "Thieni," premieres in Venetie
September 23
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 24
1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia
September 26
Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
September 26
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 28
France adopts constitution
September 28
Guinea votes for independence from France
September 28
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 28
USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
September 29
"Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
September 29
"Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8
September 29
"Texan," debuts on CBS-TV
September 29
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 30
French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea
September 30
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

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