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August 2, 1958: U.S. makes first successful launch of an ICBM, the Atlas-B rocket Atlas-B ICBM.jpg
August 2, 1958: U.S. makes first successful launch of an ICBM, the Atlas-B rocket
August 3, 1958: U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus is first to sail under the North Pole (shown arriving in New York City for August 25 welcome celebration) USS Nautilus SSN-571 - 0857108.jpg
August 3, 1958: U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus is first to sail under the North Pole (shown arriving in New York City for August 25 welcome celebration)

The following events occurred in August 1958:

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August 1, 1958 (Friday)

August 2, 1958 (Saturday)

August 3, 1958 (Sunday)

Collins in his car in Modena, 1957 1957-05-08 Modena Ferrari 335 Enzo Collins.jpg
Collins in his car in Modena, 1957

August 4, 1958 (Monday)

August 5, 1958 (Tuesday)

August 6, 1958 (Wednesday)

Herb Elliott at the 1960 Olympics Herb Elliott 1960c.jpg
Herb Elliott at the 1960 Olympics
Walter Bonatti on top of the 17th highest mountain on Earth Bonatti Gasherbrum IV summit.jpg
Walter Bonatti on top of the 17th highest mountain on Earth

August 7, 1958 (Thursday)

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Yardley

August 8, 1958 (Friday)

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Cuban General Cantillo and Fidel Castro [35]

August 9, 1958 (Saturday)

August 10, 1958 (Sunday)

Castro (center) and Rodriguez (far right) in East Berlin in 1972 alongside Lt. General Arthur Kunath Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0614-040, Berlin, Fidel Castro an der Grenze.jpg
Castro (center) and Rodriguez (far right) in East Berlin in 1972 alongside Lt. General Arthur Kunath

August 11, 1958 (Monday)

August 12, 1958 (Tuesday)

August 13, 1958 (Wednesday)

August 14, 1958 (Thursday)

August 15, 1958 (Friday)

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Dean

August 16, 1958 (Saturday)

August 17, 1958 (Sunday)

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The first try at a lunar probe

August 18, 1958 (Monday)

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August 19, 1958 (Tuesday)

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Launch of USS Triton

August 20, 1958 (Wednesday)

August 21, 1958 (Thursday)

August 22, 1958 (Friday)

August 23, 1958 (Saturday)

August 24, 1958 (Sunday)

August 25, 1958 (Monday)

August 26, 1958 (Tuesday)

August 27, 1958 (Wednesday)

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Lawrence

August 28, 1958 (Thursday)

August 29, 1958 (Friday)

August 30, 1958 (Saturday)

August 31, 1958 (Sunday)

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  12. "Collins Dies After Car Crashes— Briton Overshoots Track in German Grand Prix Race— Briton Overshoots Track in German Grand Prix Race". The New York Times. August 4, 1958. p. 27.
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  33. "15 Die as Tankers Collide in a Fog", The New York Times, August 8, 1958, p. 1
  34. "'Herbert Yardley, Cryptographer, Dies; Broke Japan's Diplomatic Code in 1921", The New York Times, August 8, 1958, p. 17
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  37. "Viscount Bracken Is Dead at 57; Wartime Information Minister— Conservative Party Leader Was Board Chairman of London's Financial Times". The New York Times. August 9, 1958. p. 13.
  38. "J. P. M'Evoy Dead; Author-Humorist". The New York Times. August 9, 1958. p. 13.
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  40. "35 Die in Libyan Crash Of London-Bound Plane", The New York Times, August 10, 1958, p. 5
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  42. "Erie Trains Collide, 5 Die; Towerman Admits a Lapse", by Farnsworth Fowle, The New York Times, August 12, 1958, p. 1
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  44. "Air Liner Lost With 33". Kansas City Star . Kansas City, Missouri. August 12, 1958. p. 7.
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  50. "Red China Sets Up Local Communes; They Will Be the Nation's Ultimate Basic Unit — Replace Cooperatives", The New York Times, September 4, 1958, p. 6
  51. "Malcolm Lockheed, Plane Pioneer, Dies; Co-Founder of Aircraft Concern Was 70", The New York Times, August 14, 1958, p. 29
  52. "99 on Dutch Airliner Lost Off Ireland on Trip Here; 51 of Victims Americans", The New York Times, August 15, 1958, p. 1
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  54. "Kennedy Urges Arms Cut Drive", The New York Times, August 15, 1958, p. 2
  55. "Joliot-Curie Dies; French Physicist— Famed Nuclear Scientist Won Nobel Prize With Wife —Communist Leader ", The New York Times, August 15, 1958, p. 21
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  58. "Nantucket Toll Rises to 23 Dead". The New York Times. August 17, 1958. p. 1.
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  62. Sheehan, Joseph M. (August 16, 1958). "All-Stars Crush Pro Lions Before 70,000 Football Fans at Soldier Field; Collegians Rally for 35-19 Victory". The New York Times. p. 14.
  63. "Iran Quake Toll 135— Rescuers Say Scores Sleeping in Fields Escaped Injury", The New York Times, August 20, 1958, p. 3
  64. "Full Home Rule Granted To French Cameroons", The New York Times, August 17, 1958, p. 31
  65. "'Dotto' Canceled by Two Networks", by Val Adams, The New York Times, August 18, 1958, p. 39
  66. "Wolcott Gibbs, 56, Drama Critic, Dies", The New York Times, August 17, 1958, p. 1
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  72. "Little Rock Integration Is Reinstated on Appeal; Circuit Court Vote Is 6-1", The New York Times, August 19, 1958, p. 1
  73. "Triton Launched; 8th Atomic Craft; Biggest Submarine, 447 Ft., Has Two Reactors — Will Perform Picket Duty", by Jacques Nevard, The New York Times, August 20, 1958, p. 1
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  76. "The Carrier Enterprise Is Towed To Grave in Jersey Scrap Yard", by Edmond J. Bartnett, The New York Times, August 22, 1958, p. 23
  77. "Walter Schumann Dead at 44; Composer Led Choral Group— Writer of Scores for 'Movies and Stage Shows Won an Award for 'Dragnet' Theme", The New York Times, August 22, 1958, p. 21
  78. "Kurt Neumann Dies; Movie Director, 50", The New York Times, August 22, 1958, p. 40
  79. "U.S. and Britain Give Plan to Halt A-Tests if Soviet Will Confer on Controls— Oct. 31 Date Set", by Felix Belair, Jr., The New York Times, August 23, 1958, p. 1
  80. "180 Sites Urged for Atomic Check— East-West Experts Conclude Effective Police System on Ban Is Possible", The New York Times, August 22, 1958, p. 1
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  82. "Chinese Communists Shell Quemoys in Record Attack; Taipei Reports 40,000 Enemy Shells Hit Offshore Islands — Taiwan Prepares for Possible Invasion Attempt", The New York Times, August 24, 1958, p. 1
  83. "Pension Accepted by Hoover, Truman", The New York Times, September 17, 1958, p. 30
  84. "Belgrade Hails the Advent of TV; Excited Crowds Surround the Few Sets — Opening of Fair Takes 2d Place", by Paul Underwood, The New York Times, August 24, 1958, p. 1
  85. "De Gaulle Hailed at Brazzaville", The New York Times, August 24, 1958, p. 1
  86. "Turkish Police Arrest Bursa Merchant After Fire Destroys 2,200 Small Shops", The New York Times, August 24, 1958, p. 4
  87. "Explorer V Is Fired But It Fails to Orbit", by Richard Witkin, The New York Times, August 24, 1958, p. 1
  88. "Headsman Is Beheaded— Executioner of Yemen Put to Death for Murder", UPI report in The New York Times, August 24, 1958, p. 14
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  93. Tanner, Henry (August 26, 1958). "Algerians Wage Terror in France; Refineries and Shops Fired — 7 Dead, 21 Injured". The New York Times. p. 1.
  94. "Leo Blech Dead; Opera Conductor". The New York Times. August 26, 1958. p. 1.
  95. "Alaska Approves Statehood by 5-1", The New York Times, August 28, 1958, p. 1
  96. "Statehood Election: Final Results of Special Referendum election, August 26, 1958", Alaska.gov
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  98. "Ralph Vaughan Williams Dies; Dean of British Composers, 85— 'Grand Old Man of English Music' Completed His Ninth Symphony Last November", The New York Times, August 27, 1958, p. 1
  99. "Soviet Says It Recovered 2 Dogs Shot 281 Miles Up", The New York Times, August 30, 1958, p. 1
  100. "Soviet Credits Special Brakes and 'Chute For Return of 2 Dogs From a Rocket Trip", The New York Times, September 1, 1958, p.7
  101. "Dr. E. O. Lawrence, Physicist, 57, Dies", The New York Times, August 28, 1958, p. 1
  102. "56 Polish Miners Die— 52 Others Rescued in Fire and Two Are Arrested", The New York Times, August 29, 1958, p. 2
  103. "Oxygen Supply Ordered in Jets— Airliners Must Have Masks for Passengers in Case of High-Altitude Mishap", The New York Times, August 29, 1958, p. 44
  104. "Moscow Accepts Oct. 31 Meeting on Atom Test Ban— Khrushchev Agrees to Date Set by West for Parley— Favors Geneva Site", The New York Times, August 30, 1958, p. 1
  105. "U.S. Plans 10 Atom Blasts Before Proposed Test Ban— Scheduling of 'Low-Yield' Detonations at Nevada Grounds Announced Prior to News of Khrushchev Statement", by E. W. Kenworthy, The New York Times, August 30, 1958, p. 1
  106. "Norfolk Agrees to Put 17 Negroes in White Schools; Board Acts Under Protest—Court Asked to Delay Enrollment a Year; Closings Are Likely",by John D. Morris, The New York Times, August 30, 1958, p. 1
  107. ""Notting Hill Riot Special", newsfilm online". Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  108. "13 Arrests in Notting Hill Racial Fights— Gangs of Youths Hurl Missiles at Police". The Daily Telegraph . September 1, 1958. p. 1.
  109. "3 Months' Gaol After Racial Disturbance; Mob of 2,000 Breaks Windows". The Birmingham Post . England. September 2, 1958. p. 1.
  110. "Notting Hill Riots 1958". Exploring 20th Century London. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012.
  111. Godár, Vladimír (2008). Alexander Albrecht, Túžby a spomienky: Úvahy a retrospektívne pohl'ady skladatel'a[Alexander Albrecht, Desires and Memories: Reflections and retrospective views of the composer] (in Slovak). Music Centere Slovakia. p. 308.
  112. "French Explorer Dies in Pacific; De Bisschop Is Lost When Raft Breaks on Island Reef". The New York Times. September 2, 1958. p. 11.
  113. "British Frigates Defying Iceland— Ire Sweeps Island as Craft Appear in 12-Mile Zone", by Werner Wiskari, The New York Times, September 1, 1958, p. 1
  114. "George Fingold Is Dead at 49; Massachusetts Attorney General— G.O.P.Candidate for Governor Had Campaigned Saturday", The New York Times, September 1, 1958, p. 13