1958 Calendar
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1958 Historical Event(s)
- 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.
- February 23, 1958 – Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
- May 13, 1958 – The trade mark Velcro is registered.
- September 1, 1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
- September 14, 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- September 28, 1958 – France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
- October 4, 1958 – Fifth Republic of France is established.
- October 11, 1958 – Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
Who Were Born On 1958?
- February 10, 1958 – Michael Weiss, American jazz pianist
- February 16, 1958 – Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
- March 4, 1958 – Lennie Lee, British artist
- June 30, 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
- July 11, 1958 – Andrew Gilbert-Scott, British racing driver
- August 3, 1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Australian film director
- August 22, 1958 – Colm Feore, American actor
- September 10, 1958 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer
- October 16, 1958 – Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek singer
- December 24, 1958 – Gene Sperling, American economist and government official