Where were you in 1958?




Top three hit songs of 1958 were:

1. Volare (Domenico Modugno)

2. Don't (Elvis Presley)

3. All I Have To Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers)

NASA is created and Explorer is launched.

Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi patron saint of television.

This is the peak year for drive-in movies with 4,063 outdoor screens nationwide.

Cocoa Puffs is introduced by General Mills; it contains 43% sugar.

The price of 1st class US postage is raised to .04 from .03 where it had been for 26 years.

NY Yankees beat Milwaukee Braves in World Series (4-3)

Top Movies: Vertigo, Gigi, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant Ones



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