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Events on Monday 17 November 1958 2
1958Military coup in SudanGeneral Ibrahim Abboud leads a bloodless coup, ousting the government of Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil less than three years after independence.
1958Tom Dooley reaches number oneThe Kingston Trio take the old murder ballad to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, launching the American folk revival.