Historical Events in August 1958

Aug 4 The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the 1st time, with "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson at #1

Aug 5 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi
Aug 6 American athlete Glenn Davis breaks his own world record by 0.3 (49.2) in 400m hurdles in Budapest, Hungary
Aug 6 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
Aug 13 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
Aug 14 Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21)
Aug 14 Cleveland Indian Vic Power steals home twice in 1 game
Aug 14 KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99
Aug 15 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
Aug 15 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
Aug 17 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec

Aug 18 Novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov is published

Aug 18 Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde

Aug 18 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

Aug 18 United Kingdom issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
Aug 18 Perez Prado "Mambo King" receives one of the 1st gold records
Aug 18 TV game show scandal investigation starts
Aug 18 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands
Aug 18 Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ
Aug 19 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters
Aug 20 Cubs use 1st baseman Dale Long as their 1st major league lefty catcher since 1906
Aug 21 KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
Aug 22 Toronto's Boyd Carter (15 yards) and Dave Mann (116 yards) combine for CFL record for the longest punt return in 15-14 win over Montreal Alouettes in Toronto
Aug 22 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
Aug 23 People's Republic of China resumes bombardment of the Quemoy and Matsu islands in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
Aug 23 Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
Aug 24 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
Aug 24 19th Venice Film Festival: "Rickshaw Man" directed by Hiroshi Inagaki wins Golden Lion

Aug 25 Momofuku Ando markets the first package of precooked instant noodles (Chikin Ramen)

Aug 27 Clark Griffith says Senators will probably accept offer to move to Minnesota
Aug 27 US performs nuclear test at South Atlantic Ocean
Aug 27 USSR launches Sputnik 3 with two dogs aboard
Aug 28 American baseball player Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
Aug 29 US Air Force Academy's permanent site opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Aug 29 George Harrison joins The Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)

Aug 29 Cliff Richard and the Drifters release single "Move It", Richards debut single. Credited as 1st British Rock n Roll song.