1958 Calendar
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1958 Historical Event(s)
- January 21, 1958 – The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
- February 1, 1958 – Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.
- 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.
- February 22, 1958 – Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
- March 19, 1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
- April 18, 1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
- May 23, 1958 – Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
- September 1, 1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
- October 14, 1958 – The American Atomic Energy Commission, with supporting military units, carries out an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Who Were Born On 1958?
- January 5, 1958 – Ron Kittle, American baseball player
- January 7, 1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress
- February 16, 1958 – Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
- March 8, 1958 – Gary Numan, British singer
- March 13, 1958 – Linda Robson, English actress
- March 20, 1958 – Stephen Sommers, American film director
- March 23, 1958 – El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (d. 1997)
- May 18, 1958 – Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer
- August 16, 1958 – Madonna, American singer and actress
- November 17, 1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress