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1958 Calendar

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•  January 31, 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 1 – The first successful launch of an American satellite into orbit.
•  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.
•  May 23, 1958 – Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
•  June 17, 1958 – The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
•  July 26, 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
•  August 4, 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
•  August 18, 1958 – Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
•  October 1, 1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
•  October 23, 1958 – The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.

•  January 4, 1958 – Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
•  February 1, 1958 – Luther Blissett, English footballer
•  February 24, 1958 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
•  March 24, 1958 – Mike Woodson, American basketball player and head coach
•  July 3, 1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter
•  September 8, 1958 – Michael Lardie, American musician
•  September 25, 1958 – Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist
•  October 23, 1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer
•  October 25, 1958 – Phil Daniels, English actor
•  November 12, 1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-born American television chef