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1958 Calendar

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•  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 6, 1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
•  February 18, 1958 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  April 13, 1958 – During the Cold War, American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
•  May 13, 1958 – During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon’s car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
•  June 16, 1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
•  June 23, 1958 – The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
•  December 11, 1958 – French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.
•  December 12, 1958 – Guinea joins the United Nations.

•  January 12, 1958 – Christiane Amanpour, American news anchor
•  February 21, 1958 – Alan Trammell, baseball player and manager
•  May 26, 1958 – Moinul Ahsan Saber, Bangladeshi writer, editor.
•  June 14, 1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater
•  August 1, 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player
•  September 25, 1958 – Randy Kerber, American composer
•  November 19, 1958 – Terrence “T.C.” Carson, American actor
•  December 9, 1958 – Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House)
•  December 25, 1958 – Martin Wiesner, German footballer