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1958 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1958
– Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut.
January 31, 1958
– James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt.
February 18, 1958
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
February 28, 1958
– A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains the worst school bus accident in U.S. history.
March 24, 1958
– Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
March 31, 1958
– In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
May 13, 1958
– The trade mark Velcro is registered.
May 18, 1958
– An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
August 4, 1958
– The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
October 2, 1958
– Guinea declares its independence from France.
Who Were Born On 1958?
April 12, 1958
– Howard Stableford, English actor and host
May 26, 1958
– Moinul Ahsan Saber, Bangladeshi writer, editor.
June 6, 1958
– Danny Webb, English actor
June 15, 1958
– Wade Boggs, American baseball player
July 8, 1958
– Kevin Bacon, American actor
July 14, 1958
– Joe Keenan, American screenwriter, television producer and novelist
July 30, 1958
– Daley Thompson, English decathlete
October 2, 1958
– Wayne Toups, Cajun singer-songwriter
November 7, 1958
– Rissei Ō, Japanese professional Go player
November 10, 1958
– George Lowe, American voice actor