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Events on Thursday 9 October 1958 1
1876 – 1958Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)Died 9 October 1958, aged 82Born Eugenio Pacelli, he served as pope from 1939 through the Second World War and the early Cold War. His wartime conduct, particularly regarding the Holocaust, remains a subject of historical debate.