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1958 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 76 historical events and records for United States of America in 1958.
Historical records for United States of America in 1958
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Emmy Award Jack Benny Program
Jack Benny won an Emmy for his work in The Jack Benny Program, a long running television comedy built around his comic persona.
First Technical Assistance Exports
The IAEA sends its first technical assistance equipment to Pakistan, Thailand and the United Arab Republic.
Golden Globe
Stars in "Some Like It Hot", wins Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe
Monroes performance in Some Like it Hot earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and prompted Variety to call her "a comedienne with that combination of sex appeal and timing that just cant be beat"
Government
Announces a nuclear test ban for 1 year
Governor of New York
Appointed Governor of New York
Graham Greenes 1955
The Quiet American, an adaptation of Graham Greenes 1955 novel about the seed of American military involvement in what would become the Vietnam War
Harvard
Appointed Director of the Harvard Defence Studies Program from 1958 to 1971
Lafayette Escadrille
Appears in Lafayette Escadrille, a war film released before his Rawhide breakthrough.
Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn
Asimov concluded the original Lucky Starr series with a novel set around Saturn.
Machine-Gun Kelly
Cast in his first lead role in Roger Cormans Machine-Gun Kelly, a low-budget, though well received, gangster film
Masters of Deceit
Publication of "Masters of Deceit"
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Writes "Stride Toward Freedom", about the bus boycott
No More War!
Publication of "No More War!", part of a peace campaign against war
No More War!", part of a peace campaign against war
Publication of "No More War!", part of a peace campaign against war
Nuclear Navy
Naval reactors create demand for enriched uranium fuel.
Poor Little Fool
Billboard magazine begins Hot 100 chart listing popular songs. Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" is the first No. 1 record
Power and Diplomacy
Publication of "Power & Diplomacy"
Publication of Power & Diplomacy
Publication of "Power & Diplomacy"
Rahel Varnhagen
Arendt's biography of Rahel Varnhagen was published in German.
Reissue of The Realm of the Nebulae
Dover republishes Hubble's The Realm of the Nebulae, keeping his classic account of observational extragalactic astronomy available to a new generation of astronomers and readers.
Rock n Roll
Billboard magazine begins Hot 100 chart listing popular songs. Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" is the first No. 1 record
Sierra Maestra Training Activity
Sturgis became involved in military training connected with Castro's rebel forces in Cuba before later turning against the Castro government.
Solar Wind Theory
Publishes the theoretical model showing that the Sun's hot corona must expand continuously outward into interplanetary space as a supersonic solar wind.
Some Like It Hot
Stars in "Some Like It Hot"
Some Like It Hot
Stars opposite Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Billy Wilders comedy Some Like It Hot. Monroes performance in Some Like it Hot earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and prompted Variety to call her "a comedienne with that combination of sex appeal and timing that just cant be beat"
Switches Primary Instrument to Guitar
Moves increasingly from drums to guitar, which becomes his principal performing instrument.
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Develops principles for high-resolution synthetic aperture radar imaging.
The Human Condition
Arendt published The Human Condition, her influential study of labor work and action.
The Long, Hot Summer
Paul Newman appeares with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in the feature films "The Long, Hot Summer" & "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!"
Toby Award Music Man Actor
Robert Preston won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for creating the role of Harold Hill in The Music Man.
Touch of Evil
Plays a Mexican police officer named Ramon Miguel Vargas in Orson Welless widely acclaimed film noir Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil is a 1958 American crime thriller film, written, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles
Vertigo
Stas in Vertigo
Vertigo
Stars in, "Vertigo"
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