News - Memories -
Culture - from 1958
- ( in no particular
order ) -
-
Boris Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize
- Chinese Leader Mao Zedong Launches the "Great Leap Forward"
- Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian
- Hula Hoops Become Popular
- Lego Toy Bricks First Introduced
- NASA Founded
Additional Memories from 1958 (in
no particular order):
Top Five Album Sales in 1958 -
1. South Pacific - Soundtrack
2. The Music Man - Original Cast
3. Gigi - Soundtrack
4. Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller
5. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 -
Van Cliburn