1958 (2) Margaret Rheeder is hanged in Pretoria for poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman. The first parking meters are installed in Britain. The Quarrymen pay to record In Spite of All the Danger, written by Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water. H.F. Verwoerd becomes the 6th Prime Minister of South Africa. Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII as the 261st pope. General Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France with 78.5% of the votes. Rebels under Che Guevara invade Santa Clara, Cuba, and President Fulgencio Batista resigns two days later. And in June and July forty-five Class 1-DE General Electric type U12B locomotives, subsequently designated Class 31-000, are the first diesel-electrics to enter service on the South African Railways in quantity.
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