Looking north on Chicagos Clark St. just past Fullerton Ave on 6/8/58 Since we have a time reference, I thought that it might be fun to tie in some of the things that happened in the world in early 58....that might have been topics of discussion at any of these establishments. Jan 8th - Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana Jan 9th - In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54 Jan 10th - Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire reaches #1 on the UK pop charts Jan 12th - NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring Jan 12th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7 Jan 12th - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points Jan 13th - 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban Jan 13th - US newspaper Daily Worker ceases publication Country Singer Jerry Lee LewisCountry Singer Jerry Lee Lewis Jan 13th - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. Jan 15th - NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV Jan 31st - James van Allen discovers radiation belt Jan 31st - US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1 Feb 1st - 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched Feb 1st - Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic Feb 1st - WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting Feb 6th - Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid Feb 7th - 1st showing of DAF 600 auto Feb 7th - Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc Feb 8th - KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting FEB 9TH....EXACTLY 6 YEARS BEFORE THE BEATLES WOULD PLAY ON ED SULLIVAN!! lol Feb 20th - Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner Feb 20th - LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility Mar 3rd - KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast Mar 3rd - Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq Mar 5th - Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit Mar 5th - KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast Mar 7th - Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo Mar 8th - Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita Author and Nobel Laureate William FaulknerAuthor and Nobel Laureate William Faulkner Mar 8th - William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters Mar 9th - George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season Mar 11th - Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show 21 Mar 15th - Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts Mar 15th - Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled Mar 15th - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test Apr 15th - 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt win Apr 15th - 1st baseball game in California, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0 Apr 23rd - Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game Apr 24th - Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 Apr 28th - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island Apr 28th - Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) Apr 28th - Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America Apr 30th - Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits May 3rd - 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05 May 3rd - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits May 4th - Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia May 5th - KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting May 5th - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family) May 13th - Stan Musial is 8th to get 3,000 hits May 13th - The trade mark Velcro is registered. May 15th - USSR launches Sputnik III May 16th - Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight F-104 A to a record 1,404.18 MPH May 24th - Cuban President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castros rebellion May 24th - UP & International News Service merge into United Press International Jun 2nd - Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio Jun 2nd - Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays Jun 2nd - Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record Jun 3rd - Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers Jun 4th - French premier Charles de Gaulle arrives in Algiers Jun 4th - SF Giants Hank Sauer & B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs Jun 6th - Ozzie Virgil is 1st black to play as a Tiger Jun 6th - Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French MLB Pitcher Whitey FordMLB Pitcher Whitey Ford Jun 7th - 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2 Jun 7th - Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out Jun 8th - 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:05:20 +0000
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