Can anybody tell me about the year 1958? gas, popular music, cars, events?

Question

Can anybody tell me about the year 1958? gas, popular music, cars, events?

Answer 1

MAJOR EVENTS:

Efforts at school desegregation in the southern U.S. are met with impassioned resistance

U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I; NASA established

Vice President Richard Nixon's goodwill tour of South America sparks open protests and rioting

Egypt and Sudan form the United Arab Republic

U.S. Marines intervene in Lebanon to bolster government

BUSINESS & ECONOMY:

Economic slowdown in U.S. causes sharp rise in unemployment

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

Nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus makes the first underwater crossing of the North Pole

U.S. launches satellites that detect the Van Allen radiation belts around the earth, and determine that the earth is not perfectly round

Experimental nuclear power plant goes into operation

SPORTS:

World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee, 4-3

Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:

Movies: Gigi, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Me and the Colonel

Songs: Catch a Falling Star, Chipmunk Song, Volare, The Purple People Eater, At the Hop

TV Shows: You Asked for It, Wagon Train, To Tell the Truth, The Rifleman, Donna Reed Show, Have Gun Will Travel

Books: A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry; Exodus, Leon Uris; Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak; Masters of Deceit, J. Edgar Hoover; Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote; The Affluent Society, John K. Gailbraith

The "Cha Cha" becomes a dance craze

New York's Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens

EVERYDAY LIFE:

Stereo recordings become available

"Barbie" doll introduced, becoming an instant success

FUN FACTS:

"Hula Hoops" become a national craze

Answer 2

January 8 1958 - A 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship

Answer 3

Check out this link for 1958 info---make sure to verify source material.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1958.htm...

It includes news worthy events and pop culture stuff

good luck

Answer 4

Gas was about .20 a gallon. Cars were very large and powerful

Jerry lee Lewis,chuck berry, Elvis Presley. There was peace, a strong economy, good feelings everywhere-  it was a good year. Also, cigarettes were about .20a pack.