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1958 Calendar

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•  February 18, 1958 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  March 3, 1958 – Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
•  March 26, 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
•  April 26, 1958 – Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
•  May 24, 1958 – United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
•  May 28, 1958 – Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro’s 26 July movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
•  July 29, 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
•  August 18, 1958 – Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
•  October 1, 1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
•  December 4, 1958 – Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.

•  February 28, 1958 – Ginette Harrison, British mountaineer (d. 1999)
•  March 7, 1958 – Donna Murphy, American actress and singer
•  May 12, 1958 – Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist
•  August 28, 1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
•  September 6, 1958 – Arsinée Khanjian, Armenian-Canadian actress
•  November 4, 1958 – Anne Sweeney, American television executive
•  November 19, 1958 – Michael Wilbon, sports analyst
•  November 28, 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, British athlete and television presenter
•  December 1, 1958 – Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach
•  December 14, 1958 – Spider Stacy, English musician (The Pogues)