1958 34953 225980171 2008-07-16T08:53:33Z PseudoBot 6290400 Reverting edits by [[Special:Contributions/206.182.134.93|206.182.134.93]]: page linked does not exist {{unreferenced|date=May 2008}} {{year nav|1958}} [[Image:Sputnik 1.png|thumb|150px|right| [[January 4|Jan.4]] [[Sputnik 1|Sputnik]] falls to [[Earth]].]] Year '''1958''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. ==Events of 1958== ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!--Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Bobby-fischer-early.jpg|thumb|140px|right| [[January 8]]: [[Bobby Fischer]] wins in [[United States Chess Championship|Chess]] (photo age 16).]]--> * [[January 4]] - [[Sputnik 1]] falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on [[October 4]] [[1957]]). * [[January 8]] - 14-year-old [[Bobby Fischer]] wins the [[United States Chess Championship]]. * [[January 13]] - 9235 scientists publish a plea to stop [[nuclear bomb]] tests. * [[January 18]] - Armed [[Lumbee]] Indians confront a handful of [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansmen]] at the town of [[Maxton, North Carolina]]. * [[January 28]] - [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[baseball]] player [[Roy Campanella]] is involved in an automobile accident that ends his career and leaves him paralyzed. * [[January 31]] - The first successful American [[satellite]], [[Explorer 1]], is launched into orbit. ===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]]. **[[Tybee Bomb]] a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb was lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia. * [[February 6]] - [[Munich air disaster]] - 23 dead, including 8 players for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. * [[February 11]] **Marshal [[Chen Yi (communist)|Chen Yi]] succeeds [[Zhou Enlai]] as [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] Minister of Foreign affairs. **[[Ruth Carol Taylor]] is the first [[African American]] woman hired as a [[flight attendant]]. * [[February 14]] - The [[Hashemite]] Kingdoms of [[Iraq]] and [[Jordan]] unites in the [[Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan]] with the Iraqi King [[Faisal II]] as head of state. * [[February 17]] - [[Pope Pius XII]] declares [[Clare of Assisi|Saint Clare]] the [[patron saint]] of [[television]] * [[February 20]] - Test rocket explodes in [[Cape Canaveral]]. * [[February 21]] - [[Peace symbol]] designed and completed by [[Gerald Holtom]], commissioned by [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]], in protest against the [[Atomic Weapons Research Establishment]]. * [[February 23]] **<!-- February 23-->[[Cuba]]n rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]. They release him 28 hours later. **<!-- February 23-->[[Arturo Frondizi]] wins presidential elections in [[Argentina]]. * [[February 24]] - In [[Cuba]], ''[[Radio Rebelde]]'', radio of rebels of [[Fidel Castro]], 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 occurred at Prestonsburg, Kentucky, killing 27. ===March=== * [[March 1]] - [[Samuel Cardinal Stritch|Samuel Alphonsus Stritch]], ninth bishop (fourth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the [[Roman Curia]]. **<!-- March 1-->[[Turkey|Turkish]] passenger ship ''[[Uskudar]]'' capsized and sank at Izmit Bay, [[Kocaeli]], [[Turkey]], killing at least 300. * [[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]] - [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|USS ''Wisconsin'']] is decommissioned, leaving the [[United States Navy]] without an active battleship for the first time since [[1896]] (recommissioned [[October 22]], [[1988]]). * [[March 11]] - [[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]]. **[[30th Academy Awards]] ceremony * [[March 27]] - [[Nikita Khrushchev]] becomes [[Premier of the Soviet Union]]. ===April=== * [[April 1]] - [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] established. * [[April 3]] - [[Fidel Castro|Castro]]'s revolutionary army begins its attacks on [[Havana]]. * [[April 4]] - [[April 7]] - The first protest march for the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] from [[Hyde Park, London]] to [[Aldermaston]], [[Berkshire]]. Demonstrators demand ban of [[nuclear weapons]]. * [[April 4]] - [[Cheryl Crane]], the daughter of actress [[Lana Turner]], fatally stabs her mother's gangster lover [[Johnny Stompanato]] (eventually ruled as [[self-defense]]). * [[April 6]] - [[Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari]] divorces the Shah of Iran, [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] after she is unable to produce any children. * [[April 14]] - [[Van Cliburn]] wins the [[Tchaikovsky International Competition]] for [[piano|pianists]] in [[Moscow]], breaking [[Cold War]] tensions. * [[April 15]] - The first [[Major League Baseball]] regular season game ever played in [[California]] as the [[San Francisco Giants]] beat the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] 8-0 at [[San Francisco]]'s [[Seals Stadium]]. * [[April 17]] - King [[Baudouin of Belgium]] officially opens the [[World Fair]] in [[Brussels]], also known as [[Expo '58]]. ===May=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] **<!-- May 1-->[[Arturo Frondizi]] becomes [[President of Argentina]]. **<!-- May 1-->The [[Nordic Passport Union]] comes into force. * [[May 9]] - Actor-singer [[Paul Robeson]], whose passport has been reinstated, sings in a sold-out one-man recital at [[Carnegie Hall]]. The recital is such a success that Robeson gives another one at Carnegie Hall a few days later. But after these two concerts, Robeson is seldom seen in public in the United States again. His Carnegie Hall concerts are later released on records and on [[CD]]. * [[May 12]] - A formal [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] agreement is signed between the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. * [[May 13]] **[[Pied-noir|French Algerian]] protesters seize government offices in [[Algiers]], leading to a military coup. **During a visit to [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s car is attacked by [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American]] demonstrators. * [[May 15]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik program|Sputnik 3]]. * [[May 18]] - An [[F-104 Starfighter]] sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph. * [[May 20]] - [[Fulgencio Batista]]'s government launches counteroffensive against Castro's rebels. * [[May 21]] - [[United Kingdom Postmaster General]] [[Ernest Marples]] announces that from December, [[subscriber trunk dialling|Subscriber Trunk Dialling]] will be introduced in the [[Bristol]] area. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/21/newsid_2510000/2510289.stm] * [[May 23]] - [[Explorer 1]] ceased transmission * [[May 30]] - The bodies of unidentified soldiers killed in action during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]] are buried at the [[Tomb of the Unknowns]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. ===June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[June 1]] **<!-- June 1-->[[Charles de Gaulle]] is brought out of retirement to lead [[France]] by decree for six months. **<!-- June 1-->[[Iceland]] extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km). * [[June 2]] - [[San Simeon, California|San Simeon]], [[California]], USA; [http://www.hearstcastle.com Hearst Castle] opens to the public for guided tours. * [[June 4]] - [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]] visits [[Algeria]]. * [[June 16]] - [[Imre Nagy]] is hanged for treason in Hungary. * [[June 27]] - [[Peronism|Peronist]] party becomes legal again in [[Argentina]]. * [[June 29]] - [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] beats [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 5-2 to win the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]]. ===July=== * [[July 5]] - First ascent of [[Gasherbrum I]], 11th highest mountain in the world. * [[July 7]] **<!-- July 7-->[[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs the [[Alaska]] Statehood Act into [[United States law]]. **<!-- July 7-->First [[International House of Pancakes]] ([[IHOP]]) opens in Toluca Lake, Calif. * [[July 9]] **7.5 [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] in [[Lituya Bay]], [[Alaska]], causes a [[landslide]] that produces a huge 520-meter high wave <!-- Exact date unverified? Sources differ. Best sources say 9th. --> * [[July 10]] **First [[parking meter]]s installed in Britain * [[July 14]] - [[Iraqi Revolution]]: The [[Iraq]]i monarchy is overthrown by [[Arab nationalist]]s, King [[Faisal II]] is murdered and [[Abdul Karim Qassim]] assumes power. * [[July 15]] - In [[Lebanon]], 5,000 [[United States Marines]] land in the capital [[Beirut]] in order to protect the pro-Western government there. * [[July 17]] - British paratroopers arrive in [[Jordan]]; King [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]] has asked help against pressure from Iraq. * [[July 20]] - Various rebel groups in Cuba join forces but communists do not join the deal. * [[July 24]] - The first [[life peerage]] is created in Britain. * [[July 26]] **<!-- July 26-->[[Explorer program]]: [[Explorer 4]] is launched **<!-- July 26-->Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] gives her son [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles]] the title of [[Prince of Wales]]. ** [[July 28]] - [[Terrance Stanley Fox]] is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. * [[July 29]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] formally creates the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA). ===August=== * [[August 3]] - The nuclear powered submarine ''[[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)]]'' became the first vessel to cross the [[North Pole]] under water. * [[August 17]] - The first [[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor]] space craft was launched carrying [[Pioneer 0]] from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17]] and failed with a first stage malefunction. * [[August 23]] - [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[Second Taiwan Strait crisis]] begins with the [[People's Liberation Army]]'s bombardment of [[Quemoy]]. *[[August 27]] - The [[United States]] begins [[Operation Argus]]. * [[August 30]]-[[September 1]] - Riots between blacks and whites in [[Notting Hill]], [[London]]. ===September=== * [[September 1]] - Beginning of the [[First]] [[Cod War]] between UK and Iceland. * [[September 6]] - [[Paul Robeson]] performs in concert at [[Young Pioneer camp]] [[Artek (camp)|Artek]]. * [[September 12]] - [[Jack St. Clair Kilby]] invents first [[integrated circuit]]. * [[September 14]] - Two [[Mohr rocket|rockets]] designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr (the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere. * [[September 27]] - [[Typhoon Ida]] in [[Honshū]], [[Japan]] at least 1,269 killed. * [[September 28]] - In [[France]], a majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]]. * [[September 30]] - [[U.S.S.R]]. performs [[nuclear test]] at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. ===October=== * [[October 1]] **[[Tunisia]] and [[Morocco]] join the [[Arab League]]. **[[NASA]] starts operations and replaces the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics|NACA]]. * [[October 2]] - [[Guinea]] declares itself independent from [[France]]. * [[October 4]] - [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]] uses new [[De Havilland Comet|Comet]] jets to become the first [[airline]] to fly jet passenger services across the [[Atlantic]]. * [[October 9]] - [[Pope]] [[Pius XII]] dies. * [[October 11]] - [[Pioneer 1]], the second and most successful of three project [[Able space probes]], became the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed [[NASA]]. * [[October 28]] - [[Pope John XXIII]] succeeds [[Pope Pius XII]] as the 261st [[pope]]. ===November=== * [[November 3]] - New [[UNESCO]] building inaugurated in [[Paris]]. * [[November 22]] - Menzies Government (Australia) re-elected for a 5th Term. * [[November 23]] - ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' debuts on [[radio]]. * [[November 25]] - [[French Sudan]] gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the [[French Community]]. * [[November 28]] - [[Chad]], the [[Republic of the Congo]], and [[Gabon]] become autonomous republics within the [[French colonial empire|French Community]]. * [[November 30]] - [[Gaullism|Gaullists]] win parliamentary elections in [[France]]. * ===December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[December 1]] **<!-- December 1-->[[Central African Republic]] becomes independent from [[France]]. **<!-- December 1-->At least 90 students and 3 nuns are killed in a [[Our Lady of the Angels School Fire|fire at Our Lady of the Angels School]] in [[Chicago]]. * [[December 5]] **<!-- December 5-->[[subscriber trunk dialling|Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD)]] is inaugurated in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] by the [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen]] when she dials a call from [[Bristol]] to [[Edinburgh]] and speaks to the [[Lord Provost]]. [http://www.bt.com/archives/history/19461959.htm#1958] **<!-- 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 motorway|M6]] and [[M55 motorway]]s. * [[December 6]] - The third launch of a [[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor]] space craft carrying [[Pioneer 2]] was unsuccessful due to a 3rd stage ignition failure. * [[December 9]] - The [[John Birch Society]] is founded in the USA by [[Robert W. Welch Jr.|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 21]] - General [[Charles de Gaulle]] is elected president of [[France]] with 78.5% of the votes. * [[December 24]] - [[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|Santa Clara]] in [[Cuba]]. ===Undated=== * During the [[International Geophysical Year]], [[Earth|Earth's]] [[magnetosphere]] is discovered. * Foundation of [[Amirkabir University of Technology]]. * Based on birth rates (per 1,000 population), the post-war [[baby boom]] ended in the [[United States]] as an eleven-year decline in the birth rate began - the longest on record in that country * Last legal [[female genital cutting]] in the United States. * [[Denatonium]], the [[bitter (taste)|bitterest]] substance known is discovered. It is used as an ''aversive agent'' in products such as bleach to reduce the risk of children drinking them. * [[The Jim Henson Company]] is founded. * The [[Japan]]ese [[10 yen coin]] ceased having serrated edges after a five year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since and before had smooth edges. * The largest [[solar maximum]] in recorded history of solar maxima occurs. * [[Recession of 1958]] * Instant [[noodle]]s go on sale for the first time. * First year of the [[British Rally Championship]] ===Ongoing=== * [[Cold War]] * [[Cuban Revolution]] * [[Mau Mau Uprising]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 33}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Grandmaster Flash]], hip-hop/rap DJ * [[January 2]] - [[Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], Russian pianist * [[January 4]] - [[Matt Frewer]], Canadian/American actor * [[January 9]] - [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]], Turkish militant * [[January 11]] - [[Vicki Peterson]], Guitarist for The Bangles * [[January 13]] - [[Ricardo Acuña]], Chilean tennis player * [[January 15]] - [[Boris Tadić]], Serbian president * [[January 20]] - [[Lorenzo Lamas]], American actor * [[January 24]] - [[Jools Holland]], British musician * [[January 26]] - [[Ellen DeGeneres]], American actress and comedian * [[January 27]] - [[Kadri Mälk]], Estonian artist and jewelry designer * [[January 29]] - [[Judy Norton Taylor]], American actress * [[February 4]] - [[Tomasz Pacynski|Tomasz Pacyński]], Polish writer (d. [[2005]]) *[[February 8]] - [[Sherri Martel]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2007]]) * [[February 11]] **[[Michael Jackson (TV)|Michael Jackson]], British broadcasting executive **[[Regina Maršíková]], Czechoslovakian tennis player * [[February 13]] **[[Pernilla August]], Swedish actress **[[Tip Tipping]], British actor and stuntman (d. [[1993]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Grant Thomas (footballer)|Grant Thomas]], Australian rules footballer * [[February 16]] - [[Ice-T]], American singer, songwriter, and actor * [[February 21]] **[[Jake Burns]], Irish singer ([[Stiff Little Fingers]]) **[[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], American singer * [[February 24]] **[[Sammy Kershaw]], American musician **[[Mark Moses]], American actor * [[February 25]] - [[Kurt Rambis]], American basketball player * [[February 26]] - [[Susan Helms]], American astronaut ===March-April=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[March 1]] - [[Nik Kershaw]], English singer *[[March 3]] - [[Miranda Richardson]], English actress *[[March 4]] **[[Patricia Heaton]], American actress **[[Lennie Lee]], British artist *[[March 5]] - [[Andy Gibb]], English-born singer (d. [[1988]]) *[[March 7]] - [[Rik Mayall]], English comedian *[[March 8]] - [[Gary Numan]], British singer *[[March 10]] **[[Steve Howe (baseball player)|Steve Howe]], baseball player (d. [[2006]]) **[[Sharon Stone]], American actress *[[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 *[[April 1]] - [[D. Boon]], American singer and guiatrist (d. [[1985]]) *[[April 3]] - [[Alec Baldwin]], American actor *[[April 4]] - [[Cazuza]], Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. [[1990]]) *[[April 10]] **[[Yefim Bronfman]], Russian-born pianist **[[Babyface|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], 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 **[[Dolores Gordon-Smith]], British Writer **[[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 (singer)|Fish]], Scottish singer *[[April 28]] - [[Hal Sutton]], American golfer *[[April 29]] - [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], American actress ===May-July=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 3]] - [[Kevin Kilner]], American actor * [[May 10]] - [[Rick Santorum]], Former senator from PA * [[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 drummer ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Ron Simmons]], American professional wrestler *[[May 21]] - [[Tom Feeney]], American Republican politician from the state of Florida * [[May 23]] **[[Mitch Albom]], American author **[[Drew Carey]], American comedian and actor * [[May 27]] - [[Neil Finn]], New Zealand singer and songwriter * [[May 29]] - [[Annette Bening]], American actress * [[June 7]] - [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], American musician * [[June 8]] - [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]], American comedian, actor, and director * [[June 12]] **[[Rebecca Holden]], American actress, singer, and entertainer * [[June 15]] - [[Wade Boggs]], American baseball player * [[June 17]] - [[Jello Biafra]], American musician and activist * [[June 20]] - [[Chuck Wagner]], American actor * [[June 22]] - [[Bruce Campbell]], American actor, producer, writer and director. * [[June 24]] - [[Curt Fraser]], American ice hockey coach * [[June 27]] **[[Magnus Lindberg]], Finnish composer **[[Jim Cartwright]], English actor and playwright * [[June 29]] - [[Jeff Coopwood]], American actor, broadcaster and singer * [[June 30]] - [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]], Finnish conductor and composer * [[July 2]] - [[Thomas Bickerton]], American Methodist bishop * [[July 5]] - [[William Watterson]], American cartoonist of [[Calvin and Hobbes]]. * [[July 6]] - [[Jennifer Saunders]], British comedian * [[July 7]] - [[Michala Petri]], Danish recorder player * [[July 8]] - [[Kevin Bacon]], American actor * [[July 15]] **[[Mac Thornberry]], American politician **[[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 **[[Bill Berry]], American drummer ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]) ===August-September=== * [[August 1]] - [[Adrian Dunbar]], Irish * [[August 4]] - [[Allison Hedge Coke]], Poet and writer * [[August 7]] **[[Bruce Dickinson]], English musician **[[Russell Baze]], champion jockey * [[August 15]] - [[Victor Shenderovich]], Russian writer * [[August 16]] **[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], American-born singer, songwriter, and actress **[[Angela Bassett]], 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 * [[August 25]] - [[Tim Burton]], American film director * [[August 27]] - [[Normand Brathwaite]], Canadian comedian and television and radio host * [[August 29]] - [[Michael Jackson]], American singer and dancer * [[September 6]] **[[Jeff Foxworthy]], American comedian, actor, author **[[Michael Winslow]], American comedian, actor, voice actor * [[September 8]] **<!--September 8-->[[Mitsuru Miyamoto]], Japanese voice actor **<!--September 8-->[[Reiko Terashima]], Japanese manga artist and illustrator * [[September 14]] **[[Michael Bollner]], German actor **[[Jeff Crowe]], New Zealand cricketer * [[September 10]] - [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)]], American film director/writer/producer * [[September 16]] - [[Orel Hershiser]], baseball player * [[September 19]] - [[Azumah Nelson]], Ghanaian boxer * [[September 21]] - [[Bruno Fitoussi]], French poker player * [[September 22]] - [[Andrea Bocelli]], Italian tenor * [[September 23]] **[[Danielle Dax]], British musician **[[Marvin Lewis]], American football coach **[[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=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[October 13]] - [[Derri Daugherty]], American musician ([[The Choir]] and The [[Lost Dogs]]) * [[October 14]] - [[Thomas Dolby]], English musician * [[October 16]] - [[Tim Robbins]], American actor * [[October 17]] - [[Alan Jackson]], American country singer and songwriter * [[October 20]] **[[Dave Finlay]], Northern Irish professional wrestler **[[Viggo Mortensen]], American actor **[[Mark King (musician)|Mark King]], British musician ([[Level 42]]) * [[October 25]] - [[Phil Daniels]] , Actor * [[October 27]] - [[Simon Le Bon]], English musician ([[Duran Duran]]) * [[October 31]] - [[Brian Stokes Mitchell]], American actor and singer * [[November 1]] - [[Mark Austin]], British newsreader ([[ITN]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Willie McGee]], baseball player * [[November 8]] - [[Jeff Speakman]], American actor and martial artst * [[November 10]] - [[Vicky Rosti]], Finnish singer, former Eurovision contestant * [[November 16]] **[[Marg Helgenberger]], American actress **[[Boris Krivokapić]], Serbian academic * [[November 18]] - [[Laura Miller]], Mayor of Dallas, Texas * [[November 19]] - [[Michael Wilbon]], American sportswriter * [[November 22]] - [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], American actress * [[November 28]] - [[Dave Righetti]], baseball player * [[November 30]] - [[Juliette Bergmann]], Dutch bodybuilder * [[December 1]] - [[Charlene Tilton]], American actress * [[December 2]] - [[George Saunders]], American writer * [[December 6]] - [[Nick Park]], English filmmaker and animator * [[December 9]] - [[Rikk Agnew]], American punk rock musician * [[December 11]] **[[Janko Ferk]], Austrian lawyer and writer **[[Nikki Sixx]], American musician ([[Mötley Crüe]]) * [[December 13]] **[[Lynn-Holly Johnson]], American ice skater and actress **[[Dana Strum]], American bassist * [[December 17]] - [[Mike Mills]], American bassist ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]) * [[December 25]] **[[Hanford Dixon]], American football player **[[Rickey Henderson]], baseball player * [[December 29]] - [[Lakhdar Belloumi]], Algerian football player * [[December 31]] - [[Bebe Neuwirth]], American actress ===Unknown=== * [[Greg Roberts (musician)|Greg Roberts]], drummer with [[Big Audio Dynamite]] ==Deaths== ===January-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] **[[Edward Weston]], American photographer (b. [[1886]]) **[[Archibald Alphonso Alexander]], American designer/governor (b.[[1888]]) * [[January 8]] - [[Paul Pilgrim]], American athlete (b. [[1883]]) * [[January 11]] - [[Edna Purviance]], American actress (b. [[1895]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Cândido Rondon]], Brazilian military officer (b. 1865) * [[January 30]] - [[Jean Crotti]], Swiss artist (b. [[1878]]) * [[February 1]] - [[Clinton Davisson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Henry Kuttner]], American author (b. [[1915]]) * [[February 13]] - [[Christabel Pankhurst]], English suffragette (b. [[1880]]) * [[March 21]] - [[Cyril M. Kornbluth]], American writer (b. [[1923]]) * [[March 22]] - [[Mike Todd]], American film producer (b. [[1909]]) * [[March 25]] - [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]], American musician (b. [[1888]]) * [[March 26]] - [[Phil Mead]], English cricketer (b. [[1887]]) * [[March 28]] - [[W.C. Handy]], American composer (b. [[1873]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Rosalind Franklin]], British crystallographer (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 19]] - [[Billy Meredith]], Welsh footballer (b. [[1874]]) * [[May 3]] - [[Frank Foster]], English cricketer (b. [[1889]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Ronald Colman]], English actor (b. [[1891]]) *[[May 26]] - [[Constantin Cantacuzino (aviator)|Constantin Cantacuzino]], Romanian aviator (b. [[1905]]) * [[May 29]] - [[Juan Ramón Jiménez]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]]) * [[June 13]] - [[Edwin Keppel Bennett]], British writer (b. [[1887]]) *[[June 16]] - [[Aleksandr Chervyakov]], Prime Minister of [[Byelorussian SSR]] (suicide) (b. [[1892]]) * [[June 20]] - [[Kurt Alder]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]]) * [[June 26]] - [[George Orton]], Canadian athlete (b. [[1876]]) * [[June 28]] - [[Alfred Noyes]], English poet (b. [[1880]]) ===July-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 14]] (killed during ''coup d'état'') **King [[Faisal II of Iraq]] (b. [[1935]]) **[['Abd al-Ilah]], former regent of Iraq (b. [[1913]]) * [[July 15]]- [[Julia Lennon]] (mother of [[John Lennon]]) (b. [[1914]]) * [[August 14]] - [[Frédéric Joliot]], French physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1900]]) * [[August 14]] - [[Gladys Presley]], mother of [[Elvis Presley]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[August 22]] - [[Roger Martin du Gard]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]]) * [[August 24]] - [[Paul Henry (painter)|Paul Henry]], Northern Irish artist (b. [[1876]]) * [[August 26]] - [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], English composer (b. [[1872]]) * [[August 27]] - [[Ernest Lawrence]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1901]]) * [[September 11]] **[[Hans Grundig]], artist (b. [[1901]]) **[[Robert W. Service]], Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. [[1874]]) * [[september 23]] - [[Alfred Piccaver]], British-American operatic tenor (b. [[1884]]) * [[October 9]] - [[Pope Pius XII]] (b. [[1876]]) * [[October 17]] **[[Charlie Townsend]], English cricketer (b. [[1876]]) **[[Paul Outerbridge]] American photographer (b. [[1896]]) * [[October 24]] - [[G. E. Moore]], British philosopher, author of Principia Ethica (b. [[1873]]) * [[November 15]] - [[Tyrone Power]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) * [[November 24]] - [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood]], English politician and diplomat, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1864]]) * [[November 27]] - [[Artur Rodziński]], Polish conductor (b. [[1892]]) * [[December 8]] - [[Tris Speaker]], baseball player (b. [[1888]]) * [[December 15]] - [[Wolfgang Ernst Pauli]], Austrian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1900]]) == Ship events == * [[List of ship launches in 1958]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1958]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1958]] ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov]], [[Ilya Mikhailovich Frank]], [[Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Frederick Sanger]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[George Wells Beadle]], [[Edward Lawrie Tatum]], [[Joshua Lederberg]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Boris Pasternak|Boris Leonidovich Pasternak]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Georges Pire]] ==Academy Awards== *Best Picture: ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'', [[Sam Spiegel]] *Best Foreign Language Film: ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]'', {{flag|Italy}} *Best Documentary Feature: ''[[Albert Schweitzer]]'', [[Jerome Hill]] *Best Animated Feature: ''[[Birds Anonymous]]'', [[Edward Selzer]] *Best Director: [[David Lean]], ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' *Best Actor: [[Alec Guinness]], ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' *Best Actress: [[Joanne Woodward]], ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'' *Best Supporting Actor: [[Red Buttons]], ''[[Sayonara]]'' *Best Supporting Actress: [[Miyoshi Umeki]], ''[[Sayonara]]'' *Best Original Screenplay: [[George Wells]], ''[[Designing Woman]]'' *Best Adapted Screenplay: Novel by [[Pierre Boulle]]; screenplay by [[Michael Wilson]] and [[Carl Foreman]], ''[[The Bridge over the River Kwai]]'' [[Category:1958| ]] [[af:1958]] [[am:1958 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1958]] [[an:1958]] [[frp:1958]] [[ast:1958]] [[av:1958]] [[az:1958]] [[bn:১৯৫৮]] [[zh-min-nan:1958 nî]] [[map-bms:1958]] [[be:1958]] [[be-x-old:1958]] [[bh:१९५८]] [[bs:1958]] [[br:1958]] [[bg:1958]] [[ca:1958]] [[cv:1958]] [[cs:1958]] [[co:1958]] [[cy:1958]] [[da:1958]] [[de:1958]] [[et:1958]] [[el:1958]] [[es:1958]] [[eo:1958]] [[eu:1958]] [[fa:۱۹۵۸ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1958]] [[fr:1958]] [[fy:1958]] [[ga:1958]] [[gv:1958]] [[gd:1958]] [[gl:1958]] [[gan:1958年]] [[ko:1958년]] [[hy:1958]] [[hi:1958]] [[hif:1958]] [[hr:1958.]] [[io:1958]] [[ilo:1958]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫৮]] [[id:1958]] [[ia:1958]] [[ie:1958]] [[os:1958]] [[is:1958]] [[it:1958]] [[he:1958]] [[jv:1958]] [[pam:1958]] [[kn:೧೯೫೮]] [[ka:1958]] [[csb:1958]] [[kk:1958]] [[kw:1958]] [[sw:1958]] [[ht:1958 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1958]] [[la:1958]] [[lv:1958]] [[lb:1958]] [[lt:1958 m.]] [[lij:1958]] [[hu:1958]] [[mk:1958]] [[mi:1958]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५८]] [[ms:1958]] [[nah:1958]] [[nl:1958]] [[nds-nl:1958]] [[new:ई सं १९५८]] [[ja:1958年]] [[nap:1958]] [[no:1958]] [[nn:1958]] [[nrm:1958]] [[nov:1958]] [[oc:1958]] [[uz:1958]] [[pi:१९५८]] [[nds:1958]] [[pl:1958]] [[pt:1958]] [[ty:1958]] [[ksh:Joohr 1958]] [[ro:1958]] [[ru:1958 год]] [[se:1958]] [[sq:1958]] [[scn:1958]] [[simple:1958]] [[sk:1958]] [[sl:1958]] [[sr:1958]] [[sh:1958]] [[su:1958]] [[fi:1958]] [[sv:1958]] [[tl:1958]] [[ta:1958]] [[tt:1958]] [[te:1958]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2501]] [[vi:1958]] [[tr:1958]] [[tk:1958]] [[uk:1958]] [[vec:1958]] [[wa:1958]] [[vls:1958]] [[yo:1958]] [[zh-yue:1958年]] [[cbk-zam:1958]] [[bat-smg:1958]] [[zh:1958年]]