Events from 1958

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1958

18 events
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1958 ID: 1735
National Defense Education Act passes with $1 billion funding for guidance counselors
ID: 1735
1958 ID: 1736
Susan Kaufman witnesses first Plaza Hotel 'blue suite' blackmail party
ID: 1736
1958 ID: 1737
Intensified Golden Lily search operations - CIA operations from Subic Bay
ID: 1737
1958 ID: 1738
EEC comes into effect
ID: 1738
1958 ID: 1739
Oswald arrives at Subic Bay Naval Base - Marine Air Control Squadron 1 assignment
ID: 1739
1958 ID: 1740
Asian flu pandemic (Firstenberg correlates with radar and early satellite technology)
ID: 1740
1958 ID: 1741
Oswald Philippines service period - CIA coordination for regional activities
ID: 1741
1958 ID: 1742
Oswald returns to Atsugi, Japan - Promoted to Private First Class
ID: 1742
1958 ID: 1743
Zentrale Stelle established in Ludwigsburg to investigate remaining Nazi crimes
ID: 1743
1958 ID: 1744
Jack Kilby invents integrated circuit using mathematical semiconductor physics
ID: 1744
1958 ID: 1745
Integrated circuits drive demand for ultra-pure silicon and semiconductor materials
ID: 1745
1958 ID: 1746
Dr. Berg reports normal child becomes severely brain damaged within 24 hours of DTP
ID: 1746
1958 ID: 1747
St. John XXIII elected - calls Vatican II - Vision: 'A new Pentecost'
ID: 1747
1958 ID: 4412
ALGOL 58 defined by international committee - Algorithmic Language, influences all future languages but limited use
ID: 4412
1958 ID: 4413
John McCarthy creates LISP at MIT - LISt Processing for AI research, second-oldest high-level language still in use
ID: 4413
1958 ID: 4309
September 1958
Jack Kilby demonstrates first integrated circuit at Texas Instruments - multiple components on single chip
ID: 4309
1958 ID: 1733
October 9, 1958
October 9: Pope Pius XII dies
ID: 1733
1958 ID: 1734
October 28, 1958
October 28: Pope Saint John XXIII elected at age 76
ID: 1734