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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 28, 1958 – The last episode of the British radio comedy programme Goon Show was broadcast.
•  February 18, 1958 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  March 19, 1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
•  May 13, 1958 – During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon’s car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
•  May 27, 1958 – The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
•  August 18, 1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He became first among 39 competitors.
•  October 27, 1958 – Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
•  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.

•  January 26, 1958 – Anita Baker, American singer
•  February 1, 1958 – Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
•  April 21, 1958 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist
•  April 30, 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
•  June 15, 1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
•  July 3, 1958 – Charlie Higson, English author and actor
•  August 15, 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
•  September 12, 1958 – Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer
•  October 18, 1958 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer
•  November 30, 1958 – Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder