1958 in Romania

none 1958 Events from the year 1958 in Romania. The year saw the end of the Soviet occupation of Romania with the last Soviet troops leaving the country. Incumbents President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic:Bertold Spuler Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 London Bowker 1977 978-0-85935-056-3 443 Petru Groza (until 7 January). Ion Gheorghe Maurer (from 11 January). Prime Minister: Chivu Stoica.Vojtech Mastny Malcolm Byrne A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991 Budapest Central European University Press 2005 691 978-6-15505-369-6 General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.Spencer Tucker The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection Santa Barbara ABC-CLIO 2020 978-1-44086-076-8 669 Events 20 February – A Hungarian delegation, including János Kádár, visits Romania. They make explicit that Hungary has no territorial claims over Hungarian-speaking part of the country.Tadeusz Kopyś Tadeusz Stanek. The History of Hungarian Autonomy in Transylvania 1952-1968 Politeja 10 1 2008 178 24919299 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24919299 6 May 2022 27 May – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev declares that Soviet troops will withdraw from Romania. Sergiu Verona Military Occupation and Diplomacy: Soviet Troops in Romania, 1944–1958 Durham Duke University Press 1992 194 978-0-82231-171-3 6 June – The start of a three-day trial of four students who organised a conference to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the crowning of Stephen the Great. They are found guilty and imprisoned until 1964.Johanna Granville "If Hope Is Sin, Then We Are All Guilty": Romanian Students' Reactions to the Hungarian Revolution and Soviet Intervention, 1956–1958 The Carl Beck Papers in Russian & East European Studies 1905 April 2008 27 http://carlbeckpapers.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cbp/article/download/142/143 6 May 2022 21 July – In response to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Great National Assembly passes Decree 318, stating that contacting foreigners to declare Romania neutral carries the death penalty.Dennis Deletan Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965 New York St. Martin's Press 1998 276 978-0-31221-904-8 25 July – The last Soviet troops leave Romania, ending the Soviet occupation.Eugene Boia The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Romania, 1955-1958 Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of History 2018 20 https://www.ohioacademyofhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Boia.pdf 14 November – Romania establishes its first diplomatic relations at the embassy level with a sub-Saharan country, Guinea.Constantin C. 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Matei Marcel Popa Ion Alexandrescu Ioan Chiper Chronological History of Romania Bucharest Editura Enciclopedică Română 1974 477 251025169 https://books.google.com/books?id=XrVBAAAAYAAJ Unknown – The last Csángós school is closed as part of the Romanianization of Western Moldavia.Michael Mandelbaum The New European Diasporas: National Minorities and Conflict in Eastern Europe New York Council on Foreign Relations 1999 48 978-0-87609-257-6 Art and literature Ciulinii Bărăganului, a Franco-Romanian film directed by Louis Daquin and Gheorghe Vitanidis, based on a novel of the same title by Panait Istrati, was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3502/year/1958.html Festival de Cannes: Ciulinii Bărăganului August 24, 2022 www.festival-cannes.com Births 10 February – Olga Homeghi, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/olga-homeghi-bularda-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151007161935/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/olga-homeghi-bularda-1.html dead 7 October 2015 Olga Homeghi-Bularda 9 March – Cornelia Catangă, lăutari musician (died 2021).Laura Buclu Cornelia Catanga, cântăreaţa de muzică lăutărească, a murit din cauza COVID-19 Cornelia Catanga, singer of lăutari music, dies due to COVID-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20220213210256/https://www.mediafax.ro/social/cornelia-catanga-cantareata-de-muzica-lautareasca-a-murit-din-cauza-covid-19-19983214 13 February 2022 https://www.mediafax.ro/social/cornelia-catanga-cantareata-de-muzica-lautareasca-a-murit-din-cauza-covid-19-19983214 RO 25 June – Gigi Becali, businessman and politician.In Romanian:https://adevarul.ro/locale/timisoara/cum-ajuns-familia-gigi-becali-albania-romania-s-au-mutat-casele-svabilor-deportati-urss-1_5c62cf3e445219c57e0dc816/index.html 29 June – Oana Lungescu, journalist and NATO principal spokesperson.La mulți ani, Oana Lungescu! Happy birthday, Oana Lungescu! http://www.revistavip.net/Sarbatoritul_saptamanii/La_multi_ani_Oana_Lungescu! https://web.archive.org/web/20220506170653/http://www.revistavip.net/Sarbatoritul_saptamanii/La_multi_ani_Oana_Lungescu%21 VIP 6 May 2022 RO 4 July – Elena Horvat, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/op/elena-oprea-horvat-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150925160226/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/op/elena-oprea-horvat-1.html dead 25 September 2015 Elena Oprea-Horvat Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 23 August – Iosif Matula, politician and member of the European Parliament.Iosif Matula https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/95017/IOSIF_MATULA/history/7 https://web.archive.org/web/20190522091645/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/95017/IOSIF_MATULA/history/7 22 May 2019 European Parliament 6 November – Elena Bondar, rower, bronze medal winner at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/elena-bondar-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151002120720/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/elena-bondar-1.html dead 2 October 2015 Elena Bondar Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Deaths 7 January – Petru Groza, President since 1952 and Prime Minister between 1945 and 1952 (born 1884).Spencer Tucker The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection Santa Barbara ABC-CLIO 2020 978-1-44086-076-8 669 17 February – Natalie Bierle, film actress who used the pseudonym Tala Birell (born 1907).Eugene Michael Vazzana Silent Film Necrology London McFarland 2002 47 978-0-78641-059-0 26 May – Constantin Cantacuzino, aviator, the leading Romanian fighter ace in World War II (born 1905).Cornel-Constantin Ilie Între Bellu și Montparnasse: Români celebri în fața morții Between Bellu and Montparnasse: Famous Romanians in the Face of Death Bucharest Historia 2008 31 978-9-73178-119-8 RO 24 August –Veronica Antal, professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order, the first Romanian woman to be beatified, on 22 September 2018 (born 1935).Simona Stanciu Ceremonie grandioasă pentru Veronica Antal, prima femeie din România pe care Biserica Catolică o va beatifica Grandiose ceremony for Veronica Antal, the first woman in Romania to be beatified by the Catholic Church Adevărul https://adevarul.ro/locale/piatra-neamt/ceremonie-grandioasa-veronica-antal-femeie-romania-biserica-catolica-beatifica-1_5ba36a6bdf52022f75a48ff2/index.html 20 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180921131412/https://adevarul.ro/locale/piatra-neamt/ceremonie-grandioasa-veronica-antal-femeie-romania-biserica-catolica-beatifica-1_5ba36a6bdf52022f75a48ff2/index.html 21 September 2018 RO 2 September – Iosif Capotă, physician who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters, executed at Gherla Prison (born 1912).https://romanialibera.ro/aldine/history/doctorul-iosif-capota--eroul-margaului--articol-integral--253980 Doctorul Iosif Capotă, eroul Mărgăului România Liberă Claudiu Pădurean February 16, 2012 August 16, 2022 Romanian 7 December – Constantin Brăiloiu, composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1893).Ion Taloș Despre globalizarea etnomuzicologiei: Constantin Brăiloiu și Sanda Golopenția The globalization of ethnomusicology: Constantin Brăiloiu and Sanda Golopenția Steaua 70 4 2019 51 RO References 1958 Category:Years of the 20th century in Romania Category:1958 in Romania Romania Romania