What happened in your Birth Year. (27)
Without looking up the link. The Beatles broke with 'Love Me Do' & Kennedy was assassinated.
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I was born.
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Custom Search . 1958 News and Interesting History Tidbits
Check Out News Stories and Interesting Tidbits of History from 50 Years ago in 1958
What Happened 50 years ago in 1958 Including Prices
Recession starts to bite in America with 7.0% ( 5.2 million ) people unemployed
The average wages per year is $4.600.00
The average cost of a new home $12,750.00
A Gallon of Gas cost 25 cents
Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US
The First US Passenger Jets come into service with the Boeing 707
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole
The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop
Alaska becomes the 49th State
The Microchip ( the magic chip that makes all our PC's work ) first developed in US by Intel
The Munich air disaster in which 7 Manchester United Players died
Popular Singers in 1958 included
Elvis Presley singing Jailhouse Rock, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis singing Great Balls Of Fire
Popular Films Included
The Bridge on the River Kwai and Vertigo
Some of The Cars You May Have Bought 50 years ago
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite ( $1,795 )
Chrysler New Yorker ( $4,347 )
Ford Edsel Corsiar ( $3,346 )
Oldsmobile, Super 88 ( $2,958 )
Studebaker Starlight President ( $2695 )
Some of The Other Everyday items you may have bought 50 years ago
Chromecraft 7 piece Dinette Set $149.99
Ronson Electric Shaver $12.88
Philco Black and White TV 20 inches $229.95
Bananas 27 cents for 2 pounds
Campbells Tomato Soup 10 cents
Sirloin Steak 55 cents per pound
Pork Roast 42 cents per pound
A new home in Long Beach California with 3 bedroom 2 bathrooms , built in kitchen , ceramic tiles , breakfast bar and brick fireplace on large lots From $17,700
Check Out News Stories and Interesting Tidbits of History from 50 Years ago in 1958
What Happened 50 years ago in 1958 Including Prices
Recession starts to bite in America with 7.0% ( 5.2 million ) people unemployed
The average wages per year is $4.600.00
The average cost of a new home $12,750.00
A Gallon of Gas cost 25 cents
Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US
The First US Passenger Jets come into service with the Boeing 707
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole
The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop
Alaska becomes the 49th State
The Microchip ( the magic chip that makes all our PC's work ) first developed in US by Intel
The Munich air disaster in which 7 Manchester United Players died
Popular Singers in 1958 included
Elvis Presley singing Jailhouse Rock, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis singing Great Balls Of Fire
Popular Films Included
The Bridge on the River Kwai and Vertigo
Some of The Cars You May Have Bought 50 years ago
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite ( $1,795 )
Chrysler New Yorker ( $4,347 )
Ford Edsel Corsiar ( $3,346 )
Oldsmobile, Super 88 ( $2,958 )
Studebaker Starlight President ( $2695 )
Some of The Other Everyday items you may have bought 50 years ago
Chromecraft 7 piece Dinette Set $149.99
Ronson Electric Shaver $12.88
Philco Black and White TV 20 inches $229.95
Bananas 27 cents for 2 pounds
Campbells Tomato Soup 10 cents
Sirloin Steak 55 cents per pound
Pork Roast 42 cents per pound
A new home in Long Beach California with 3 bedroom 2 bathrooms , built in kitchen , ceramic tiles , breakfast bar and brick fireplace on large lots From $17,700
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Blues63: Without looking up the link. The Beatles broke with 'Love Me Do' & Kennedy was assassinated.
But they tell who won the Oscar 
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Blues63: Without looking up the link. The Beatles broke with 'Love Me Do' & Kennedy was assassinated.
wow! i bet you love history?
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Veritaas: I was born.
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that's a whole load of information 
it's not yet done!
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January 10th BOAC Comet crashes off Elba
February 13th - The Queen and Prince Philip visit Bathurst in Australia part of their 6 month Tour of the Commonwealth
May 6th - At Oxford University's Iffley Road stadium, Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile (3 mins 59.4 secs) in the world ever. His pace makers were Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway
May 8th - The Viet Minh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu after a 55 day seige
May 17th - The US Supreme Court declared school racial segregation illegal
July 3rd - Food rationing, which had in force in Great Britain since 1940, finally ended (14 years of rationing and it was the fittest diet in the world) Smoking had nearly become a substitute for eating and the links between smoking and cancer were established
October 15th - William Golding' Novel Lord of the Flies is published
November 3rd - French Painter, Henri Matisse, leader of the Fauves, died aged 85
Elvis Presley recorded his first single That's All Right Mama, and so did Bill Hayley with Rock around the Clock and was used in the film Blackboard Jungle a year later
Billy Graham led an evangelist crusade in London
Kingsley Amis published Lucky Jim
Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood was first performed on the radio
Nasser seized power in Egypt
French troops sent to Algeria in response to an outbreak of terrorism
The US senate censures Joseph McCarthy for his communist "witch-hunt"
February 13th - The Queen and Prince Philip visit Bathurst in Australia part of their 6 month Tour of the Commonwealth
May 6th - At Oxford University's Iffley Road stadium, Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile (3 mins 59.4 secs) in the world ever. His pace makers were Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway
May 8th - The Viet Minh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu after a 55 day seige
May 17th - The US Supreme Court declared school racial segregation illegal
July 3rd - Food rationing, which had in force in Great Britain since 1940, finally ended (14 years of rationing and it was the fittest diet in the world) Smoking had nearly become a substitute for eating and the links between smoking and cancer were established
October 15th - William Golding' Novel Lord of the Flies is published
November 3rd - French Painter, Henri Matisse, leader of the Fauves, died aged 85
Elvis Presley recorded his first single That's All Right Mama, and so did Bill Hayley with Rock around the Clock and was used in the film Blackboard Jungle a year later
Billy Graham led an evangelist crusade in London
Kingsley Amis published Lucky Jim
Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood was first performed on the radio
Nasser seized power in Egypt
French troops sent to Algeria in response to an outbreak of terrorism
The US senate censures Joseph McCarthy for his communist "witch-hunt"
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Also..............
Marilyn Monroe marries baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, by First Lady of the United States Mamie Eisenhower.
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
United States. Chiang Kai-shek is reelected president of the Republic of China by the National Assembly.
The Boeing 367-80, the prototype of the Boeing 707 series, goes on its maiden flight.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published in the United States.
West Germany joins NATO.
That was the world you were born into. Since then, you and others have changed it.
The Nobel prize for Literature that year went to Ernest Hemingway.
The Nobel Peace prize went to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The Nobel prize for physics went to Max Born from the United Kingdom for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction.
The song Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen topped the US charts.
On TV is The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and Candid Camera.
Inventions:- The Radar Gun. The Synthetic Diamond. The Geodesic Dome and the Bikini.
Marvelman appeared in comic books.
Howard Stern was born. And Denzel Washington. Jackie Chan, too.
Marilyn Monroe marries baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, by First Lady of the United States Mamie Eisenhower.
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
United States. Chiang Kai-shek is reelected president of the Republic of China by the National Assembly.
The Boeing 367-80, the prototype of the Boeing 707 series, goes on its maiden flight.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published in the United States.
West Germany joins NATO.
That was the world you were born into. Since then, you and others have changed it.
The Nobel prize for Literature that year went to Ernest Hemingway.
The Nobel Peace prize went to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The Nobel prize for physics went to Max Born from the United Kingdom for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction.
The song Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen topped the US charts.
On TV is The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and Candid Camera.
Inventions:- The Radar Gun. The Synthetic Diamond. The Geodesic Dome and the Bikini.
Marvelman appeared in comic books.
Howard Stern was born. And Denzel Washington. Jackie Chan, too.
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The Second World War
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cool. thank u for the info..i will look mine up.
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Pearl Harbor.
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Veritaas: I was born.
I bet that sure was interesting
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-Pac man was released!
-GPS System
-Ethernet!
Ok geek stuff...no wonders why am I such a geek myself!!!!
-GPS System
-Ethernet!
Ok geek stuff...no wonders why am I such a geek myself!!!!
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The Academy Award for best movie went to Ben-Hur
God I feel old!
God I feel old!
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Jogn Lennon and Yoko Ono got married.
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1976.......ROCKY was no1 in the cinemas......faye dunaway won top actress in the oscars.....UK won the eurovision 
......Big Ben broke down......elton john and kiki dee were no1 in the charts..........and Colin Farrell was born 
lick lick
fuuuuuuuuuuck im gettin old
......Big Ben broke down......elton john and kiki dee were no1 in the charts..........and Colin Farrell was born lick lick fuuuuuuuuuuck im gettin old
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hotstuff34: 1976.......ROCKY was no1 in the cinemas......faye dunaway won top actress in the oscars.....UK won the eurovision ......Big Ben broke down......elton john and kiki dee were no1 in the charts..........and Colin Farrell was born lick lick
fuuuuuuuuuuck im gettin old
fuuuuuuuuuuck im gettin old
No wonder ! The owner of Kitty looser club was born
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I was evicted from my home and some guy slapped me on the butt....I got even though....I peed on him!
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