Timeline January 1958

Events in January 1958 13

• 1958 Australian Open 1958 Men: Ashley Cooper · Women: Angela Mortimer
• 1958 Chuck Berry releases Sweet Little Sixteen His biggest pop hit of the 50s Its melody later became the Beach Boys' Surfin' U.S.A.
• 1958 The Miracles release Got a Job First single An answer song to the Silhouettes' Get a Job.
• 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 – 1967 Andy and the Bey Sisters Performed as part of the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters with her brother Andy Bey and sister Salome Bey. Starting on the Miami club scene, they toured the United States and Europe, becoming the featured act at the Blue Note in Paris and appearing in a jazz film directed by Roger Vadim.
• 1958 – 1959 Beauty Queen and College Won the title of Miss Photogenic, Miss La Jolla and Miss San Diego as a teenager. Entered San Diego State College on a drama scholarship in 1958.
• 1958 – 1979 Childhood in Handsworth Grew up in a working-class Jamaican community in Handsworth, Birmingham. Left school at 13 unable to read or write, later crediting the streets and reggae music as his real education.
• 1958 European Economic Community established Treaty of Rome enters into force The Treaty of Rome took effect, creating the European Economic Community among Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany. The EEC removed trade barriers and established a common market, laying the institutional groundwork for the later European Union.
• 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 – 1961 Working with Marlene Dietrich Worked as conductor and arranger for Marlene Dietrich's nightclub shows and tours.
• 1958 LEGO brick patented Interlocking stud-and-tube design filed in Denmark Danish toymaker Ole Kirk Christiansen patented the modern LEGO brick's interlocking stud-and-tube coupling system. The design made bricks from different sets compatible and became the foundation of the LEGO Group's toy business.
• 1958 Explorer 1 launched First United States satellite reaches orbit Explorer 1 became the first artificial satellite launched by the United States, lifting off atop a Juno I rocket from Cape Canaveral. Instruments aboard detected the Van Allen radiation belts, a major early discovery of the Space Age.