Timeline Wednesday 31 December 1958

Events on Wednesday 31 December 1958 7

• 1956 – 1958 Early Australian Television First brought Dame Edna to Australian television audiences in 1956, gradually developing the character from a mousy housewife into something more flamboyant.
• 1956 – 1958 US Army Service Served in the US Army from 1956 to 1958, playing in army bands.
• 1957 – 1958 Arrival in the United States Left Japan at the age of 27, having declared Japanese society 'too small, too servile, too feudalistic, and too scornful of women'. After a year in Seattle, where she exhibited at the Zoe Dusanne Gallery, she moved to New York City.
• 1958 1958: Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Hawthorn became Britain's first World Champion despite winning only one race, edging out Stirling Moss by a single point. He was killed in a road accident just three months later.
• 1958 Father's Death His father died of pneumonia when Curry was 12 years old. The loss profoundly affected his childhood. The family moved to south London, where he attended boarding school before going to the prestigious Kingswood School in Bath.
• 1958 Oh, Captain! on Broadway Starred opposite Tony Randall in the Broadway musical comedy Oh, Captain!, directed by Jose Ferrer. Recorded an album with Tito Puente, Be Mine Tonight.
• 1958 Battle of Santa Clara Che Guevaras rebels capture Santa Clara and derail an armoured train, prompting Batista to flee Cuba on 1 January 1959.