The Year 1958
History and Politics
European Common Market comes into being.
West Indies Federation in force.
Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic with Nasser as president.
England and Spain sign trade pact.
Fidel Castro begins "total war" against the Batista government in Cuba.
Vice President Nixon, on good-will tour of S. America, is received
with open hostility; Eisenhower sends troops to Caribbean.
De Gaulle forms government; meets Adenauer; is elected President of France.
Alaska becomes 49th state of the US.
USSR grants a loan to the United Arab Republic for building Aswan Dam.
Ayub Khan elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Nelson A. Rockerfeller elected Govenor of New York.
Tension grows in US as desegregation of schools is attempted in the South; Govenor Orval Faubus of Arkansas
defies Supreme Court by closing schools in Little Rock, reopening them as private, segregated schools.
President Eisenhower appoints Potter Stewart to the US Supreme Court.
Science, Technology, Growth
US artificial earth satellite Explorer I (31 lbs) is launched from Cape Canaveral.
USSR Sputnik III (3,000 lbs) launched.
US nuclear submarine "Nautilus" passes under icecap at North Pole.
Stereophonic recordings come into use.
The Rotocycle, an aerial motor scooter, invented.
US establishes National Aeronuatics and Space Administration
(NASA) to administer scientific exploration of space.
US launches first moon rocket; it fails to reach moon but travels 79,000 miles from earth.
Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology: J. Lederberg, GW. Beadle, and EL. Tatum
Space probes reveal Van Allen radiation belts around earth that might imperil
World's Amateur Golf Council organized.
Eddie Acaro becomes the 3rd jockey to attain over 4,000 wins.
First parking meters appear in London.
The "Beatnik" movement, originating in California, spreads throughout America and Europe.
Brussels World Exhibit.
Prince Charles created Prince of Wales.
The last debutantes are presented at the British court.
Unemployment in US reaches almost 5.2 million.
"Columbia" defeats "Sceptre" to win America's Cup for US over England.
"Sugar" Ray Robinson regains middleweight boxing championship for 5th time by defeating Carmen Basilio.
US Golf Assc. won by Charlie Coe, Open won by Tommy Bolt.
"Tim Tam" Ismael Valenzuela up. wins Preakness and Kentucky Derby.
US Lawn Tennis Singles won by Ashley Cooper, women's won by Althea Gibson.
Ohio State defeats Oregon in Rose Bowl, 10-7.
New York (AL) defeats Milwaukee (NL) in World Series, 4-3.
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