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1 November 1958 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 November 1958 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “It's All in the Game” by Tommy Edwards.
- Top Film of 1958
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1958 was South Pacific.
- Bestselling Novel of 1958
- “Doctor Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1958.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Gunsmoke” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1958–59 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 1 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 November 1958 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 November 1958 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 1 November
- 1954 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
- 1955 The establishment of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict.
- 1956 The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory.
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
- 1957 The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
Famous people born on November 1
- Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc. (born 1960)
- Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model (born 1972)
- Aishwarya Rai, Indian model and actress (born 1973)
- Toni Collette, Australian actress (born 1972)
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Events of 1958 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1958 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- June 8 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald is launched; it will be the largest freighter on the Great Lakes for more than a dozen years.
- June 15 – The first Pizza Hut restaurant opens in Wichita, Kansas.
- July 9 – 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay.
Life in the US in 1958
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gas (per gallon)
$0.30
Loaf of Bread
$0.19
Average House
$10,900
Weekly Wage
$79
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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s
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Michael Jackson29 August 1958Singer & songwriterView their day →Anthony Bourdain25 June 1956Chef & television personalityView their day →Bruce Willis19 March 1955ActorView their day →Madonna16 August 1958SingerView their day →Annette Bening29 May 1958ActressView their day →Robin Williams21 July 1951Actor & comedianView their day →Steve Jobs24 February 1955Entrepreneur & co-founder of Apple Inc.View their day →Prince7 June 1958MusicianView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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