1958 Calendar
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1958 Historical Event(s)
- January 23, 1958 – Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
- February 18, 1958 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
- March 17, 1958 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- 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 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.
- August 18, 1958 – Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
- December 1, 1958 – The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois, kills 92 children and three nuns.
- December 5, 1958 – The Preston bypass, the UK’s first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
- December 9, 1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
- December 11, 1958 – French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.
Who Were Born On 1958?
- January 3, 1958 – James J. Greco, American businessman
- February 16, 1958 – Michael W. Burns, American politician
- April 1, 1958 – D. Boon, American musician (d. 1985)
- April 30, 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
- July 17, 1958 – Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director
- July 31, 1958 – Bill Berry, American musician (R.E.M.)
- August 15, 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
- August 19, 1958 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician
- October 30, 1958 – Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
- December 7, 1958 – Tim Butler, English musician (The Psychedelic Furs)