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Cost of Living 1958 How Much things cost in 1958 Yearly Inflation Rate USA 2.73% Yearly Inflation Rate UK 2.7% Average Cost of new house $12,750.00 Average Monthly Rent $92.00 Average Yearly Wages $4.600.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 25 cents Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling

Average House Price 2,390

What Events Happened in 1958 U.S.

   NASA North American Space Agency is formed 

U.S.

   14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.

Germany

   Munich air disaster on February 6th 1958 - 21 dead, including 7 Manchester United Players 

U.S.

   Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US 

Russia

   Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union 

U.S.

   Nelson Rockefeller Elected Governor of New York <

U.S.

   US Unemployment reaches 5.2 million 

U.S.

   US passenger jet flights start with a National Airlines Boeing 707 

U.S.

   President Eisenhower signs the Rivers and Harbors Flood Control Bill into law. 

UK

   The first Trans Atlantic passenger jetliner service begins with flights between London and New York on the new British Comet Jet

Iraq

   Iraq becomes a Republic after Military Coup 

U.S.

   Packard Cars end production as the company closes August 19th 

U.S.

   Edsel Automobiles begin selling the Citation and Corsair, Pacer and Ranger cars ( closes down end of 1959 ) 

U.S.

   Pope John XXIII is crowned 262nd pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church 

World

   Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole 

China

   The Great Chinese Famine begins in 1958 and ending in 1961 causing the death of nearly 30 million through a combination of natural disasters and poor planning. 

U.S.

   Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army. 

France

   General Charles de Gaulle becomes Prime Minister of France. 

Brazil

   Brazil wins the 1958 World Cup in Sweden 

Technology U.S.

   The Microchip co-invented by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductors later developed and marketed in US by Intel 

UK

   London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction 

U.S.

   US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole 

U.S.

   The US Military says it will be possible with satellites orbiting the earth to make detailed maps from space 

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) Microchip USA by Jack Kilby Computer Modem USA Remote Control USA Zennith Corporation

Popular Culture 1958 The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop; over 100 million are sold. The Broadway musical "My Fair Lady" opens in London, with Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins, and Julie Andrews playing Eliza Doolittle

Popular Films

   The Bridge on the River Kwai
   South Pacific
   Gigi
   King Creole
   Vertigo

Popular Singers

   Elvis Presley
   Billie Holiday
   Ricky Nelson
   Frank Sinatra
   The Everly Brothers
   Ella Fitzgerald
   Jerry Lee Lewis

Popular TV Programmes

   Candid Camera
   The Ed Sullivan Show
   Come Dancing
   The Jack Benny Show
   Panorama
   Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Check out our Television Programmes From The 50s whenever possible we have included a trailer to jog your memory. Series trailers and more information are found on the decade they started.

Born This Year Andrea Bocelli News And Events From September 22nd

Tanya Tucker This Day In History October 10th

Simon Le Bon News And Events From October 27th

Jamie Lee Curtis This Day In History November 22nd

Major World Political Leaders Australia Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies

Brazil President Juscelino Kubitschek

Canada Prime Minister John Diefenbaker

China Chairman of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong

France President René Coty

Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer

India Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru

Italy Prime Minister Adone Zoli Till 1 July Italy Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani From 1 July

Japan Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi

Mexico President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Till 30 November Mexico President Adolfo López Mateos From 30 November

Russia / Soviet Union First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev

South Africa Prime Minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Till 24 August South Africa Prime Minister Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd From 24 August

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower

United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmillan