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A list of American films released in 1958. The musical romantic comedy film Gigi won Best Picture at the Academy Awards .
Billboard. year-end top 50 singles of 1958. "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" by Domenico Modugno was the number one song of 1958. Elvis Presley had three songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1958. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 pop singles of 1958.
2085 or 1704 or 932. 1958 ( MCMLVIII ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1958th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 958th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1950s decade.
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Mountaineer and Explorer Edmund Hillary. Polar Explorer Roald Amundsen. Jan 4 Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up. Jan 6 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to E. E. Cummings. Jan 6 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting. Gibson's 'Flying V'
Billboard. number-one singles of 1958. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. The chart was first issued in the magazine issue of August 4, 1958.
What Happened in 1958? MAJOR EVENTS: Efforts at school desegregation in the southern U.S. are met with impassioned resistance. U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I; NASA established. Vice President Richard Nixon’s goodwill tour of South America sparks open protests and rioting. Egypt and Sudan form the United Arab Republic.
