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The Nation 1958
U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate
Alaska becomes 49th state
Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru.
Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela
First US satellite, Explorer I (officially designated Satellite 1958 Alpha), is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on board a Jupiter C rocket.
Nobel prizes 1958
Physics – Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm
Chemistry – Frederick Sanger
Physiology or Medicine – George Wells Beadle, Edward Lawrie Tatum, Joshua Lederberg
Literature – Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
Peace – Georges Pire
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Charles de Gaulle
"A Time for Miracles. Despite this initial record of accomplishment, de Gaulle has a long way to go. In fact, his very conditions for returning to power-that he be summoned on his own unquestioned terms-made it necessary for circumstances to be almost beyond retrieving before he would take over. The slope that lies before him is steep. Wonders Socialist Guy Mollet: "Frenchmen expect miracles of De Gaulle. But can he work miracles?" Charles de Gaulle Time man of the Year
The World 1958
Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana, Cubans dictator Batista flees
Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France
The Class of 1958
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