1958

Elvis inducted into Army

Liz Taylor's husband, producer Michael Todd, killed in plane crash

Van Cliburn wins Moscow Tschaikovsky competition

Mackinac Bridge opens as world's largest suspension at 8,614 feet

King Faisal II of Iraq assassinated

Guggenhem museum opens in NYC

Hope Diamond goes to Smithsonian

Tyron Power dies

Gigi wins Academy Award

John XXII replaces Pius XII as Pope

Lincoln Continental introduced

Singer Michael Jackson is born

NASA is created

Queen Elizabeth gives son Charles title of Prince of Wales

Ohio State beats Oregon in the Rose Bowl

Ernie Banks of the Cubs leads the National League in homers with 47

Pete Dawkins of Army wins the Heisman Trophy

The Kentucky Derby was won by Tim Tam

Teams not yet in existance: NY Mets, Montreal Expos, Houston Astros

1962

Yves St.-Laurent opens his fashion house in Paris

Beatles rejected by Decca Records (Pete Best was still their drummer).

Charles Van Doren found guilty of fixing quiz show "21"

Ernie Kovacs, comedian and husband of Edie Adams, killed in car crash

Peter O'Toole stars in "Lawrence of Arabia"  -- Oscar for Best Picture

John Glenn orbits earth

Jackie Kennedy gives TV tour of White House

Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game

Israel hangs Adolf Eichmann for war crimes

Telstar broadcasts first worldwide TV show

Martin Luther King, Jr., jailed for leading protest march without a permit

Sonny Liston beats Floyd Patterson for heavyweight title

Rod Laver wins tennis grand slam

Marilyn Monroe commits suicide

Cuban missle crisis ends on Oct. 28

Actor Charles Laughton dies

James Merideth becomes first black to attend U. of Mississippi

Yankees beat Giants in World Series

Nixon announces plans to run for governor of California

Amnesty International founded to monitor human rights

"Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan hits the charts

First Boeing 727 Tri-Jet

Eleanor Roosevelt dies

Willy Mays leads the majors in homers with 49

The first Super Bowl was still five years in the future