At A Glance

20 February 1958 at a glance

Day of the week
20 February 1958 was a Thursday.
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 20 February is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 February 1958 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 February 1958 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 20 February

  • 1952 Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
  • 1956 The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
  • 1959 The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
  • 1962 Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
  • 1968 The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing.

Famous people born on February 20

  • Justin Verlander, American baseball player (born 1983)
  • Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer (born 2003)
  • Kurt Cobain, American musician (1967–1994)
  • Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress (born 1988)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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.
More events of 1958 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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