Timeline November 1958

Events in November 1958 7

• 1914 – 1958 Tyrone Power (1914-1958) Died 15 November 1958, aged 44 Power was one of Hollywood's leading matinee idols of the 1930s and 1940s, starring in films such as "The Mark of Zorro" and "Witness for the Prosecution." He suffered a fatal heart attack while filming a swordfighting scene in Spain.
• 1958 Pope John XXIII crowned Angelo Roncalli, elected pope on 28 October, is crowned in Rome. He would go on to call the Second Vatican Council.
• 1958 US midterm elections of 1958 Democrats make large gains in both the Senate and the House during a recession, strengthening their hold on Congress.
• 1958 Military coup in Sudan General Ibrahim Abboud leads a bloodless coup, ousting the government of Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil less than three years after independence.
• 1958 Tom Dooley reaches number one The Kingston Trio take the old murder ballad to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, launching the American folk revival.
• 1958 Khrushchev issues the Berlin Ultimatum The Soviet leader demands that the Western powers leave West Berlin within six months and turn it into a demilitarised free city, opening the Berlin Crisis.
• 1958 Chad, Gabon, Congo and Mauritania become autonomous republics Four French colonies become self-governing republics within the new French Community, a step towards full independence in 1960.