At A Glance
14 June 1958 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 June 1958 was a Saturday.
- 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 14 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 June 1958 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 June 1958 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 14 June
- 1951 UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
- 1955 Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1959 Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1962 The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
Famous people born on June 14
- Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States (born 1946)
- Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961)
- Steffi Graf, German tennis player (born 1969)
- Will Patton, American actor (born 1954)
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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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