1958 Calendar
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1958 Historical Event(s)
February 3, 1958
– Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
February 5, 1958
– Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
February 18, 1958
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
April 15, 1958
– Walter O'Malley’s Los Angeles Dodgers host the first Major League Baseball game played on the West Coast of the United States.
June 23, 1958
– The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
July 7, 1958
– U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
July 26, 1958
– Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
August 3, 1958
– The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
September 15, 1958
– A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
October 14, 1958
– The District of Columbia’s Bar Association votes to accept African-Americans as member attorneys.
Who Were Born On 1958?
February 4, 1958
– Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer
February 13, 1958
– Pernilla August, Swedish actress
March 30, 1958
– Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor
May 4, 1958
– Antonis Minou, Greek footballer
September 11, 1958
– Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor, and television personality
September 15, 1958
– Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
October 8, 1958
– Steve Coll, American journalist
October 29, 1958
– Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter
November 6, 1958
– Trace Beaulieu, American actor