1958 Calendar
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1958 Historical Event(s)
- January 23, 1958 – Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
- February 5, 1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
- February 18, 1958 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
- March 1, 1958 – Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
- March 17, 1958 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- April 5, 1958 – Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
- August 3, 1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
- August 29, 1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- December 4, 1958 – Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
- December 5, 1958 – The Preston bypass, the UK’s first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
Who Were Born On 1958?
- January 8, 1958 – Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
- January 24, 1958 – Neil Allen, American baseball player
- February 18, 1958 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
- February 21, 1958 – Jack Coleman, American actor
- March 20, 1958 – Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
- May 14, 1958 – Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
- May 17, 1958 – Paul Di'Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden)
- August 17, 1958 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer
- August 29, 1958 – Michael Jackson, American pop singer (d. 2009)
- September 18, 1958 – John Aldridge, Irish footballer