World news 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
  • U.S. Marines intervene in Lebanon to bolster government
  • The Hungarian Communist regime executed Imry Nagy, the leader of the Hungarian revolution of 1956.

Science & Technology

  • Nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus makes the first underwater crossing of the North Pole
  • U.S. launches satellites that detect the Van Allen radiation belts around the earth, and determine that the earth is not perfectly round
  • Experimental nuclear power plant goes into operation
  • Mcdonell- Douglas Introduced DC- 8
  • F-4 Phantom Unveiled By Mcdonell- Douglas
  • Pan Am introduced 707 Service Across Atlantic

Sports

  • NBA: St. Lewis Hawks vs. Boston Celtics Series: 4-2
  • NCAA Football: Louisiana State Univ. & Iowa Record: 11-0-0 & 8-1-1
  • Heisman Trophy: Pete Dawkins, army, HB points: 1,394
  • Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-2
  • US Open Golf: Tommy Bolt Score: 283 Course: Southern Hills CC Location: Tulsa, Ok
  • World Series: New York Yankees vs. Milwaukee Braves Series: 4-3

 

Movies

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Peyton Place
  •  Sayonara
  • No Time for Sergeants
  • The Vikings
  • Search for Paradise
  • South Pacific
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Raintree Country
  • Old Yeller

         Academy Awards

  • Best Picture: "Gigi"
  • Best Director: Vincente Minnelli ... "Gigi"
  • Best Actor: David Niven ... "Separate Tables"
  • Best Actress: Susan Hayward ... "I Want to Live!"

Most Popular Books

Fiction
1." Doctor Zhivago"... Boris Pasternak. Pantheon Books
2. Anatomy of a Murder"... Robert Traver. St. Martin's Press
3."Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov"... Putnam
4."Around the World with Auntie Marne"... Patrick Dennis. Harcourt, Brace
5."From the Terrace"... John O'Hara. Random House
6."Eloise at Christmastime"... Kay Thompson. Random House
7."Ice Palace"... Edna Ferber. Doubleday
8."The Winthrop Woman"... Anya Seton. Houghton, Mifflin
9."The Enemy Camp"... Jerome Weidman. Random House
10. "Victorine"... Frances Parkinson Keyes. Messner
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Nonfiction
1."Kids Say the Darndest Things! "... Art Linkletter. Prentice-Hall
2."Twixt Twelve and Twenty"...Pat Boone. Prentice-Hall
3."Only in America"... Harry Golden. World Publishing Co.
4."Masters of Deceit"... Edgar Hoover. Holt
5."Please Don't Eat the Daisies"... Jean Kerr. Doubleday
6."Better Homes and Gardens Salad Book"... Meredith Publishing Co.
7."The New Testament in Modern English, translated" ... J. P. Phillips. Macmillan
8."Aku-Aku"... Thor Heyerdahl. Rand McNally
9."Dear Abby"... Abigail Van Buren. Prentice-Hall
10. "Inside Russia Today"... John Gunther. Harper
 

Music

1. Tequila - Champs
2. Johnnie B. Goode - Chuck Berry
3. At The Hop - Danny & the Juniors
4. Get A Job - Silhouettes
5. Twilight Time - the Platters
6. It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards
7. Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman
8. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
9. Rockin Robin - Bobby Day
10. Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony and the Imperials
11. I Wonder Why - Dion and the Belmonts
12. Yakety Yak - The Coasters
13. The Stroll - The Diamonds
14. Geat Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
15. Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis
16. Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
17. Fever - Peggy Lee
18. Rock and Roll is Here To Stay - Danny & the Juniors
19. Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis
20. Little Star - Elegants
21. Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
22. Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper
23. All The Way - Frank Sinatra
24. One Night - Elvis Presley
25. Bird Dog - Everly Brothers
26. All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers
27. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
28. Stood Up - Ricky Nelson
29. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
30. Book of Love - the Monotones
31. Lollipop - Chordettes
32. Queen Of The Hop - Bobby Darin
33. You Are My Destiny - Paul Anka
34. Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
35. Summertime Summertime - The Jamies
36. Tea For Two (Cha Cha) - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
37. Tom Dooley - the Kingston Trio
38. Mexican Hat Rock - Applejacks
39. Witch Doctor - David Seville
40. Short Shorts - Royal Teens

     Grammy Awards

  • Record of the Year: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" ... Domenico Modugno
  • Song of the Year: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" ... Domenico Modugno
  • Album of the Year: "The Music from Peter Gunn" ... Henry Mancini
  • Male Vocalist: Perry Como ... "Catch a Falling Star"
  • Female Vocalist: Ella Fitzgerald ... "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook"

 

 Number One Song according to Billboard Magazine:

December 30, 1957 - January 3, 1958: April Love - Pat Boone
January 4 - January 10: April Love - Pat Boone
January 11 - February 14: At The Hop - Danny and the Juniors
February 15 - March 21: Don't (I Beg of You) - Elvis Presley
March 22 - April 25: Tequila - The Champs
April 26 - May 2: Twilight Time - The Platters
May 3 - May 16: Witch Doctor - David Seville
May 17 - June 13: All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
June 14 - July 25: Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
July 26 - August 8: Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley
August 9 - August 22: Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson
August 23 - August 29: Volare - Domenico Modugno
August 30 - September 5: Little Star - The Elegants
September 6 - October 3: Volare - Domenico Modugno
October 4 - November 14: It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards
November 15 - November 21: It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
November 22 - November 28: Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio
November 29 - December 5: It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
December 6 - December 26: To Know Him is To Love Him - Teddy Bears
December 27, 1958 - January 18, 1959: Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks