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1958 February
Denton Cooley: ←Created page with ' The following events occurred in ''''''February 1958'''''': == February 1, 1958 (Saturday) == * Egypt and Syria...'
The following events occurred in ''''''February 1958'''''':
== February 1, 1958 (Saturday) ==
* [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]] unite to form the [[United Arab Republic]].
* [[Domenico Modugno]], paired with [[Johnny Dorelli]], wins the [[1958 Sanremo Music Festival|8. Sanremo Festival]] with ''[[Volare (song)|Volare]]'', composed by himself; [[Nilla Pizzi]] is runner up with ''[[L'Edera (song)|L'edera]].'' The resounding and unexpected Modugno's success makes a turnover for the Italian song, till then bound again to the traditional melodic formulas.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* Launch of [[Explorer 1]], the first [[NASA]] satellite.
* In [[Nepal]], king [[Mahendra of Nepal|Malendra]] announces free elections and the establishment of a democratic constitution.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== February 2, 1958 (Sunday) ==
* The word ''''[[Aerospace]]'''' is coined, from the words Aircraft (aero) and Spacecraft (space), taking into consideration that the Earth's atmosphere and outerspace is to be one, or a single realm.
* '''Born''': [[Paolo De Castro]], Italian profesor and politician, in [[San Pietro in Vernotico]].
== February 3, 1958 (Monday) ==
* A [[Nikolai Bulganin|Bulganin]]'s letter to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]], containing a nine points agenda for a summit, is made public.<ref></ref>
== February 4, 1958 (Tuseday) ==
* '''Dead''': [[Filippo Andrea VI Doria Pamphili]], 71, former Rome's Major
== February 5, 1958 (Wednesday) ==
* [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] is nominated as the first president of the [[United Arab Republic]].
* The [[Tybee Bomb]], a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 [[hydrogen bomb]], is lost in the waters off [[Savannah, Georgia]]
* In [[Cape Canaveral]], the launching of a second American satellite by the US Navy fails; after sixty seconds, the rocket [[Vanguard 1|Vanguard]] goes off course and has to be destroyed.<ref></ref>
* On [[France]], the parliament votes a framework-law about [[Algeria]], establishing single electoral districts for Frenchmen and Muslims and reaffirming the Algeria's belonging to the French republic.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The same evening, a time bomb of unknown origin explodes, without causing victims, in the [[Palais Bourbon]]'s toilets; the attack is probably the work of far right militants.<ref></ref>
* '''Born''': [[Fabrizio Frizzi]], in [[Rome]], Italian TV presenter (+2018)
== February 6, 1958 (Thursday) ==
* Seven [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] footballers are among the 21 people killed in the [[Munich air disaster]] in West Germany, on the return flight from a [[European Cup]] game in [[Yugoslavia]]. 23 people survive, but four of them, including manager [[Matt Busby]] and players [[Johnny Berry]] and [[Duncan Edwards]], are in a serious condition. Busby and Berry would pull through although Berry would never play again. Edwards died fortnight later
* Institution of the first American space agency, the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA). <ref name=":0" />
* '''Born''': [[Michel Houellebecq]], in [[Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Saint-Pierr]]<nowiki/>e, French writer ; [[Giuseppe Baresi]], in [[Travagliato]], Italian football player.
* '''Dead:''' [[Charles Langbridge Morgan]], 64, English Writer
== February 7, 1858 (Friday) ==
* According to an official statement of the [[Partito Comunista Italiano|PCI]], the party has lost three hundred thousand members in the last two years, after the [[20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|20th Congress]] and the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian revolution]].<ref></ref>
== February 8, Saturday ==
* Syndical congress in [[Abidjan]]. The CASL-FO (African confederation of free syndicate) is constituted.<ref name=":1" />
* As a reprisal to the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] attacks coming from [[Tunisia|Tunisian]] territory, French aviation bombs (without a government's order) the [[Sakiet Sidi Youssef]] village, killing 69 persons (21 children). Tunisian government protests and asks for the evacuation of the French bases.<ref name=":1" />
* '''Born''': [[Marina Silva]], in [[Rio Branco, Acre|Rio Branco]], Brazilian environmentalist and politician.
== February 9, 1958 (Sunday) ==
* In [[San Antonio]], the aviator David Farrell, 23 years old, begins the simulation of a space fly in an airtight steel cabin.<ref name=":0" />
== February 10, 1958 (Monday) ==
* '''Born''': [[Thomas Ruff|Thomas Ruff,]] in [[Zell am Harmersbach]], German photographer.
== February 11, 1958 (Tuseday ) ==
* The strongest ever known [[solar maximum]] is recorded.
* Marshal [[Chen Yi (communist)|Chen Yi]] succeeds [[Zhou Enlai]] as Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
* Ruth Carol Taylor is the first [[African American]] woman hired as a [[flight attendant]]. Hired by [[Mohawk Airlines]], her career lasts only six months, due to another discriminatory barrier – the airline's ban on married flight attendants.
* In China, the National People's congress establishes the rules for the [[pinyin]]'s use.<ref name=":1" />
== February 12, 1958 (Wednesday ) ==
* '''Dead''': [[Marcel Cachin]], 88, French Communist politician
== February 13, 1958 (Thursday) ==
* On Italy, the minister of Interiors [[Fernando Tambroni]] dissolves the [[Naples]] City counsil; the former city mayor [[Achille Lauro]] is prosecuted for peculation.<ref name=":0" />
* '''Dead''' : [[Georges Rouault]], 86, French painter
* '''Born''': [[Pernilla August|Pernilla August,]] Swedish actress, in [[Stockholm]].
== February 14, 1958 (Friday) ==
* In [[Gessolungo]] ([[Caltanissetta]]) 8 persons die and 60 are wounded for an explosion in a sulfur mine.
* The [[Hashemites|Hashemite]] Kingdoms of [[Iraq]] and [[Jordan]] unite in the [[Arab Federation]] with King [[Faisal II of Iraq]] as head of state.
* In [[Senegal]], a three weeks strike by the postal clerks begins.<ref name=":1" />
* In [[Adelaide]], institutive congress of the [[Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders]].<ref name=":1" />
* The Polish government makes public the [[Rapacki plan]] (already presented to the [[United Nations]] by the Minister of Exteriors [[Adam Rapacki]] October 2, 1957) for the disarmament in Europe; it contemplates the creation of a no-nuclear zone in Centrale Europe (the two Germanys, Poland, Czechoslovakia) and a non-aggression pact between [[NATO|OTAN]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. Eight states of the Warsaw Pact adhere to the plan, that is refused by the Western nations.<ref name=":1" />
== February 15, 1958 (Saturday) ==
* In San Antonio, Donald Farrel ends his simulation of a space fly. He's tired and slimmer, but in good health and declares to have suffered just from boredom and lack of cigarettes.<ref name=":0" />
* In [[Padang]] ([[Sumatra]]) the [[PRRRI]] (Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia, Revolutionary Government of the Indonesia Republic) is proclaimed by a coalition of militaries and Islamists. The uprising, sustained by USA, in quickly repressed by the Indonesian government, but the guerrilla goes on till 1961.<ref name=":1" />
== February 16, 1958 (Sunday) ==
* '''Born''': [[Ice-T|Ice-T,]] American rapper, in [[Newark]]; [[Maurizio Zanolla]] (Manolo), in [[Feltre]], Italian free climber
== February 17, 1958 (Monday) ==
* [[Pope Pius XII]] declares [[Clare of Assisi|Saint Clare]] the [[patron saint]] of television.
* France and Tunisia accept the mediation of Great Britain and Usa in the North-African questions.<ref name=":1" />
* On the [[New York Herald Tribune|''New York Herald Tribune'']], the first [[B. C. (comic strip)|B. C.]] strip appears:
== February 18, 1958 (Tuseday) ==
* The Egyptian president [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]] asks Sudan for the whole territory north of the 22nd parallel, offering in exchange a more Southern little zone. In [[Uadi Halfa]], chief town of the contended land, an Egyptian military unit and an electoral commission are sent, in view of the plebiscite for the [[United Arab Republic|UAR]]. The Sudan foreign minister [[Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub|Mahghoub]] rejects the Egyptian claim.<ref name=":0" />
== February 19, 1958 (Wednesday) ==
* [[Ellen Fairclough]] is the first woman to get (interim) the charge of [[First ministers of Canada|First Minister of Canada]], that she leaves the next day.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''Born''': [[Helen Fielding]], in [[Morley, West Yorkshire|Morley]], British writer.
== February 20, 1958 (Thursday) ==
* On Italy, the [[Lina Merlin|Merlin law]], closing the state-controlled [[Brothel|brothels]], is approved by Parlament.<ref name=":0" />
* On Italy, institution of the CNEL ([[National Council for Economics and Labour|Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro]], Economy and Work National Counsel), presided by [[Meuccio Ruini]]<ref name=":0" />
* A test rocket explodes at [[Cape Canaveral]].
== February 21, 1958 (Friday) ==
* On Italy, [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate]], notwithstanding some incidents caused by the [[Movimento Social Italiano|MSI]] senators, approves the law about the legal recognition of the [[Corpo Volontari della Libertà]] (Freedom's Volunteers Corp), giving to the Italian [[Resistance during World War II|partisans]] the title of fighting soldiers.<ref name=":0" />
* A [[peace symbol]] is designed and completed by [[Gerald Holtom]], commissioned by the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]], in protest against the [[Atomic Weapons Research Establishment]].ù
* In [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]], a referendum approves the [[United Arab Republic|UAR]], with the 99,98% of votes; [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]] is elected president of the new state.<ref name=":1" />
* '''Born''': [[Salvatore Cuffaro]], in [[Raffadali]], governor of Sicilia
== February 22, Saturday ==
* ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai|The bridge on the river Kwai]]'' and ''[[Les Girls|Les girls]]'' win the prizes for best films at the [[15th Golden Globe Awards|15th Golden Globe Awards.]]
== February 23, 1958 (Sunday) ==
* [[Cuba|Cuban]] rebels kidnap five-time world driving champion [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], releasing him 28 hours later.
* [[Arturo Frondizi]] is elected president of [[Argentina]].
* '''Born''' : [[David Sylvian]], in [[Bromley|Bronley]], British singer.
== February 24, 1958 (Monday) ==
* In [[Cuba]], [[Fidel Castro]]'s [[Radio Rebelde]] begins broadcasting from [[Sierra Maestra]].
* British-American agreement about installation of missiles in the United Kingdom.<ref name=":1" />
== February 25, 1958 (Tuseday) ==
* [[Bertrand Russell]] launches the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]].
* The [[Gaza Strip|Gaza strip]] is provided with a chart creating mixed Egyptian-Palestinian organisms. Nasser, in controversy with the [[Arab Higher Committee]], proposes the constitution in Gaza of a Palestinian state associated to RAU.<ref name=":1" />
* The Egyptian troops, penetrated beyond the Sudan border for 130 kilometers, till the [[Abu Hamad]] city, move away from the occupied territory. The Ethiopian imperator [[Haile Selassie|Haile Selassiè]] offers his mediation between the two states.<ref name=":0" />
== February 26, 1958 (Wednesday) ==
* [[Paulette Goddard]] marries [[Erich Maria Remarque]].
== February 27, 1958 (Thursday) ==
* On Italy, the reintroduction of a State examination for the graduates causes hard agitations in the universities. The former Prime Minister [[Antonio Segni]], while he gives a lesson at the Rome University, is violently contested by the students.<ref name=":0" />
* In [[Milan]], seven robbers, wearing blue coveralls, stop in via Osoppo the [[Banca Popolare di Milano]]'s van and steal, without firing a shot, 100 million liras cash and 600 ones in negotiable instruments. The hold-up, for its perfect organization and the amount of the loot, gets great emphasis on the Italian press. The most of the gang is arrested on April 1st.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* In France, the mandatory insurance for the cars is instituted<ref name=":2" />.
* '''Dead''' : [[Harry Cohn]], 64, American producer.
== February 28, 1958 (Friday) ==
* One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurs at [[Prestonsburg, Kentucky bus disaster|Prestonburg, Kentucky]]; 27 are killed.
* '''Born:''' [[Natalya Estemirova]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast|Sverdlovsk oblast]], Russian journalist and activist (killed 2009)
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