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Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Events of 1958
January
February
- February 1 - Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic.
- February 2 - The word Aerospace is coined, from the words Aircraft (aero) and Spacecraft (space), taking into consideration that the Earth's atmosphere and outerspace is to be one, or a single realm.
- February 5 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
- February 5 - The Tybee Bomb, a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb, is lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia.
- February 6 - Munich air disaster: 23 are killed, including 8 players for Manchester United.
- February 11 - Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
- February 11 - Ruth Carol Taylor is the first African American woman hired as a flight attendant.
- February 14 - The Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan unite in the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan with Iraqi King Faisal II as head of state.
- February 17 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare the patron saint of television.
- February 20 - A test rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral.
- February 21 - A peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
- February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio, releasing him 28 hours later.
- February 23 - Arturo Frondizi is elected president of Argentina.
- February 24 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro's Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra.
- February 25 - Bertrand Russell launches the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
- February 28 - One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurs at Prestonsburg, Kentucky; 27 are killed.
March
- March 1 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, the 9th bishop (4th archbishop) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicago, is appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith, becoming the first American member of the Roman Curia.
- March 1 - The Turkish passenger ship Uskudar capsizes and sinks at Izmit Bay, Kocaeli, Turkey; at least 300 die.
- March 2 - A British team led by Sir Vivian Fuchs completes the first crossing of the Antarctic in Snow-cat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams in 99 days.
- March 8 - The USS Wisconsin is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896 (it is recommissioned October 22, 1988).
- March 11 - A U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure several people, but no nuclear fission occurs.
- March 17 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- March 24 - The U.S. Army inducts Elvis Presley, transforming The King Of Rock & Roll into U.S. private #53310761.
- March 25 - Canada's Avro Arrow makes its debut flight.
- March 26 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- March 26 - The 30th Academy Awards ceremony is held.
- March 27 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
- December 1 - Adolfo López Mateos takes office as President of Mexico.
- December 1 - The Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
- December 1 - At least 90 students and 3 nuns are killed in a fire at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago.
- December 5 - Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by the Queen, when she dials a call from Bristol to Edinburgh and speaks to the Lord Provost. [2]
- December 5 - The Preston bypass, the United Kingdom's first motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. This stretch is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
- December 6 - The 3rd launch of a Thor space craft carrying Pioneer 2 is unsuccessful, due to a 3rd stage ignition failure.
- December 9 - The right-wing John Birch Society is founded in the USA by Robert Welch, a retired candy manufacturer.
- December 14 - The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first ever to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.
- December 19 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower broadcasts a message from a Project SCORE satellite.
- December 21 - General Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France with 78.5% of the votes.
- December 24 - A BOAC Bristol Britannia (312 G-AOVD) crashes near Winkton, England during a test flight.
- December 25 - Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (the George Balanchine version) is shown on prime-time television in color for the first time, as an episode of the CBS anthology series Playhouse 90.
- December 28 - The Baltimore Colts beat The New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win The NFL Championship.
- December 29 - Rebel troops under Che Guevara begin to invade Santa Clara, Cuba.
- December 31 - As the year draws to a close, tallies reveal that, for the first time, total passengers carried by air exceeds total passengers carried by sea in transatlantic serivce.
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January-February
- January 1 - Grandmaster Flash, African-American hip-hop/rap DJ
- January 2 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
- January 4 - Matt Frewer, Canadian/American actor (Max Headroom)
- January 9 - Mehmet Ali A-ca, Turkish militant, attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
- January 11 - Vicki Peterson, American rock guitarist (The Bangles)
- January 13 - Ricardo Acuña, Chilean tennis player
- January 15 - Boris Tadi-, Serbian president
- January 20 - Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant (Falcon Crest)
- January 24 - Jools Holland, British musician
- January 26 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian (Ellen)
- January 27 - Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer
- January 29 - Judy Norton Taylor, American actress (The Waltons)
- February 4 - Tomasz Pacy-ski, Polish writer (d. 2005)
- February 8 - Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
- February 11 - Michael Jackson, British broadcasting executive
- February 11 - Regina Mar-íková, Czechoslovakian tennis player
- February 13 - Pernilla August, Swedish actress
- February 13 - Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman (d. 1993)
- February 14 - Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer
- February 14 - Francisco Javier Lopez Pena, Basque separatist
- February 16 - Ice-T, African-American singer, songwriter, and actor (Law and Order)
- February 21 - Jake Burns, Irish punk singer (Stiff Little Fingers)
- February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
- February 24 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
- February 24 - Mark Moses, American actor
- February 25 - Kurt Rambis, American basketball player
- February 26 - Susan Helms, American astronaut
March-April
- March 1 - Nik Kershaw, English singer
- March 3 - Miranda Richardson, English actress
- March 4 - Patricia Heaton, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
- March 4 - Lennie Lee, British artist
- March 5 - Andy Gibb, English-born singer (Shadow Dancing) (d. 1988)
- March 7 - Rik Mayall, English comedian
- March 8 - Gary Numan, British singer (Cars)
- March 10 - Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- March 10 - Sharon Stone, American actress (Basic Instincts)
- March 13 - Linda Robson, English actress (Birds of a Feather)
- March 14 - Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- March 18 - Kayo Hatta, American film director (d. 2005)
- March 20 - Holly Hunter, American actress
- March 21 - Gary Oldman, English actor (Air Force One)
- March 25 - James McDaniel, American actor (NYPD Blue)
- March 28 - Bart Conner, American gymnast
- March 28 - Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer
- April 1 - D. Boon, American singer and guiatrist (d. 1985)
- April 3 - Alec Baldwin, American actor (30 Rock)
- April 4 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
- April 10 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
- April 10 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, African-American musician and record producer
- April 11 - Luc Luycx, Belgian designer of the Euro coins common side
- April 12 - Will Sergeant, English guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen)
- April 15 - Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- April 15 - Dolores Gordon-Smith, British writer
- April 15 - Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician
- April 21 - Andie MacDowell, American actress
- April 22 - Ken Olandt, American actor
- April 24 - Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
- April 25 - Fish, Scottish singer
- April 28 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
- April 29 - Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
May-July
- May 3 - Kevin Kilner, American actor
- May 4 - Keith Haring, American artist
- May 10 - Rick Santorum, Former U.S. Senator
- May 11 - Christian Brando, American actor and eldest child of Marlon Brando (d. 2008)
- May 12 - Dries Van Noten, Belgian designer
- May 12 - Eric Singer, American rock drummer (Kiss)
- May 15 - Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
- 18 May - Toyah Willcox, English actress
- May 21 - Tom Feeney, American Republican politician from the state of Florida
- May 23 - Mitch Albom, American author
- May 23 - Drew Carey, American comedian and actor (The Price is Right)
- May 27 - Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House)
- May 29 - Annette Bening, American actress
- June 2 - Lex Luger, American professional wrestler
- June 7 - Prince, African-American musician
- June 8 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, African-American comedian, actor, and director (In Living Color)
- June 12 - Rebecca Holden, American actress, singer, and entertainer
- June 15 - Wade Boggs, American baseball player
- June 17 - Jello Biafra, American punk musician and activist (Dead Kennedys)
- June 20 - Chuck Wagner, American actor
- June 20 - Kelly Johnston, British guitarist (Girlschool)
- June 22 - Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director
- June 24 - Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
- June 27 - Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
- June 27 - Jim Cartwright, English actor and playwright
- June 28 - Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter
- June 29 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer
- June 29 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner
- June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
- July 2 - Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
- July 5 - William Watterson, American cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
- July 6 - Jennifer Saunders, British comedian
- July 7 - Michala Petri, Danish recorder player
- July 8 - Kevin Bacon, American actor (Apollo 13)
- July 15 - Mac Thornberry, American politician
- July 15 - Austin Hayes, Irish footballer (d. 1986)
- July 16 - Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer
- July 20 - Billy Mays, American infomercial salesperson
- July 22 - Tatsunori Hara, Japanese professional-baseball coach and player
- July 28 - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. 1981)
- July 30 - Kate Bush, British singer and songwriter
- July 31 - Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner
- July 31 - Bill Berry, American rock drummer (R.E.M.)
August-September
- August 1 - Adrian Dunbar, Irish actor and airector
- August 4 - Allison Hedge Coke, English poet and writer
- August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, English musician
- August 7 - Russell Baze, champion jockey
- August 15 - Victor Shenderovich, Russian writer
- August 16 - Madonna, American-born singer, songwriter, and actress (Material Girl)
- August 16 - Angela Bassett, African-American actress
- August 17 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer (The Go-Go's)
- August 19 - Anthony Muñoz, American football player
- August 20 - Nicholas Bell, English actor based in Australia
- August 22 - Colm Feore, American-born actor
- August 24 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy)
- August 25 - Tim Burton, American film director (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- August 27 - Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host
- August 29 - Michael Jackson, African-American singer and dancer (The Jackson 5)
- September 6 - Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, author (Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader-)
- September 6 - Michael Winslow, American comedian, actor, voice actor
- September 8 - Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
- September 8 - Reiko Terashima, Japanese manga artist and illustrator
- September 14 - Michael Bollner, German actor
- September 14 - Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer
- September 10 - Chris Columbus (filmmaker), American film director/writer/producer
- September 16 - Orel Hershiser, American baseball player
- September 19 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
- September 21 - Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
- September 22 - Joan Jett, Americn musician
- September 22 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
- September 23 - Danielle Dax, British musician
- September 23 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
- September 23 - Scott Shaw, American author, actor, and filmmaker
- September 25 - Michael Madsen, American actor
- September 25 - Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist
- September 30 - Marty Stuart, American singer
October-December
- October 12 - Bryn Merrick, British punk musician (The Damned)
- October 13 - Derri Daugherty, American musician (The Choir, Lost Dogs)
- October 14 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician (She Blinded Me With Science)
- October 16 - Tim Robbins, American actor
- October 17 - Alan Jackson, American country singer and songwriter
- October 20 - Dave Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler
- October 20 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor
- October 20 - Mark King, British rock musician (Level 42)
- October 20 - Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
- October 25 - Phil Daniels, English actor
- October 27 - Simon Le Bon, English rock musician (Duran Duran)
- October 29 - Blazej Balaz, Slovak painter
- November 1 - Mark Austin, British newsreader (ITN)
- November 2 - Willie McGee, African-American baseball player
- November 8 - Jeff Speakman, American actor and martial artst
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