November 2, 1958
That fall of 1958, gas ran $0.31 a gallon and Eisenhower was in the White House — the United States was pressing the Soviet Union to return to talks over Germany and the broader tensions dividing East from West. On movie screens, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was drawing big crowds, and on the bestseller lists, Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" was the novel Americans were reading that season. The New York Yankees took the World Series over the Milwaukee Braves, and on September 12, Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby invented the first integrated circuit, a development that would quietly reshape every corner of modern life.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — November 2, 1958
NY Times Headlines — Week of November 2, 1958
Consumer Wooed At Moscow Fete; Mikoyan Stresses Progress In Soviet -- Tone Toward West Is Conciliatory Mikoyan Woos The Consumer In Soviet Holiday-Eve Address
New Soviet Tests Of Atom Weapons Disclosed By U. S.; President Warns They Must Stop Or The West Will Restudy Its Position Two Blasts Detected Despite Geneva Deadlock, Dulles Sees Slight Gain For Disarmament New Soviet Tests Revealed By U. S.
Rayburn Bars A Tax Cut; Johnson Outlines Program; Speaker Forecasts Continued Deficits -- Senator Gives 12 Plans For Congress -- Harmony With President Pledged Rayburn Rejects Any Wide Tax Cut
World Events — November 1958
Time Person of the Year — 1958
On the radio
Billboard Charts — November 2, 1958
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1958–59 Season
Emmy Winners — 1958
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 2, 1958
On the field
Sports Champions — November 2, 1958
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