1958
Year 1958 (MCMLVIII ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar .
Events of 1958
January
February
February 1 - Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic .
February 2 - The word Aerospace is coined, from the words Aircraft (aero) and Spacecraft (space) taking into consideration that the Earth's atmosphere and outerspace is to be one, or a single realm.
February 5 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic .
February 5 - Tybee Bomb a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb was lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia.
February 6 - Munich air disaster - 23 dead, including 8 players for Manchester United .
February 11 - Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
February 11 - Ruth Carol Taylor is the first African American woman hired as a flight attendant .
February 14 - The Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan unites in the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan with the Iraqi King Faisal II as head of state.
February 17 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare the patron saint of television
February 20 - Test rocket explodes in Cape Canaveral .
February 21 - Peace symbol designed and completed by Gerald Holtom , commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment .
February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio . They release him 28 hours later.
February 23 - Arturo Frondizi wins presidential elections in Argentina .
February 24 - In Cuba , Radio Rebelde , radio of rebels of Fidel Castro , begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra .
February 25 - Bertrand Russell launches the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament .
February 28 - One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurred at Prestonsburg, Kentucky, killing 27.
March
March 1 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch , ninth bishop (fourth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia .
March 1 - Turkish passenger ship Uskudar capsized and sank at Izmit Bay, Kocaeli , Turkey , killing at least 300.
March 2 - A British team led by Sir Vivian Fuchs completes the first crossing of the Antarctic in Snow-cat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams in 99 days.
March 8 - USS Wisconsin is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896 (recommissioned October 22 , 1988 ).
March 11 - U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff , South Carolina . Its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure several people, but no nuclear fission occurs.
March 17 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite .
March 24 - The U.S. Army inducts Elvis Presley , transforming The King Of Rock & Roll into U.S. private #53310761
March 25 - Canada's Avro Arrow makes its debut flight.
March 26 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3 .
March 26 - 30th Academy Awards ceremony
March 27 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union .
April
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November
December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January?February
January 1 - Grandmaster Flash , hip-hop/rap DJ
January 2 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov , Russian pianist
January 4 - Matt Frewer , Canadian/American actor
January 9 - Mehmet Ali A?ca , Turkish militant
January 11 - Vicki Peterson , Guitarist for The Bangles
January 13 - Ricardo Acuña , Chilean tennis player
January 15 - Boris Tadi? , Serbian president
January 20 - Lorenzo Lamas , American actor
January 24 - Jools Holland , British musician
January 26 - Ellen DeGeneres , American actress and comedian
January 27 - Kadri Mälk , Estonian artist and jewelry designer
January 29 - Judy Norton Taylor , American actress
February 4 - Tomasz Pacy?ski , Polish writer (d. 2005 )
February 8 - Sherri Martel , American professional wrestler (d. 2007 )
February 11 - Michael Jackson , British broadcasting executive
February 11 - Regina Mar?íková , Czechoslovakian tennis player
February 13 - Pernilla August , Swedish actress
February 13 - Tip Tipping , British actor and stuntman (d. 1993 )
February 14 - Grant Thomas , Australian rules footballer
February 16 - Ice-T , American singer, songwriter, and actor
February 21 - Jake Burns , Irish singer (Stiff Little Fingers )
February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter , American singer
February 24 - Sammy Kershaw , American musician
February 24 - Mark Moses , American actor
February 25 - Kurt Rambis , American basketball player
February 26 - Susan Helms , American astronaut
March?April
March 1 - Nik Kershaw , English singer
March 3 - Miranda Richardson , English actress
March 4 - Patricia Heaton , American actress
March 4 - Lennie Lee , British artist
March 5 - Andy Gibb , English-born singer (d. 1988 )
March 7 - Rik Mayall , English comedian
March 8 - Gary Numan , British singer
March 10 - Steve Howe , baseball player (d. 2006 )
March 10 - Sharon Stone , American actress
March 13 - Linda Robson , English actress (Birds of a Feather)
March 14 - Albert II, Prince of Monaco
March 18 - Kayo Hatta , American film director (d. 2005 )
March 20 - Holly Hunter , American actress
March 21 - Gary Oldman , English actor
March 28 - Bart Conner , American gymnast
March 28 - Edesio Alejandro , Cuban music composer.
April 1 - D. Boon , American singer and guiatrist (d. 1985 )
April 3 - Alec Baldwin , American actor
April 4 - Cazuza , Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990 )
April 10 - Yefim Bronfman , Russian-born pianist
April 10 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds , American musician and record producer
April 11 - Luc Luycx , Belgian designer of the Euro coins common side
April 12 - Will Sergeant , English guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen )
April 15 - Keith Acton , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
April 15 - Dolores Gordon-Smith , British Writer
April 15 - Benjamin Zephaniah , British writer and musician
April 21 - Andie MacDowell , American actress
April 22 - Ken Olandt , American actor
April 24 - Brian Paddick , British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
April 25 - Fish , Scottish singer
April 28 - Hal Sutton , American golfer
April 29 - Michelle Pfeiffer , American actress
May?July
May 3 - Kevin Kilner , American actor
May 4 - Keith Haring , Artist
May 10 - Rick Santorum , Former senator from PA
May 11 - Christian Brando , American actor and eldest child of Marlon Brando (d. 2008 )
May 12 - Dries Van Noten , Belgian Designer.
May 12 - Eric Singer , American drummer (Kiss )
May 15 - Ron Simmons ,American professional wrestler
18 May - Toyah Willcox Actress
May 21 - Tom Feeney , American Republican politician from the state of Florida
May 23 - Mitch Albom , American author
May 23 - Drew Carey , American comedian and actor
May 27 - Neil Finn , New Zealand singer and songwriter
May 29 - Annette Bening , American actress
June 2 - Lex Luger , American professional wrestler
June 7 - Prince , American musician
June 8 - Keenen Ivory Wayans , American comedian, actor, and director
June 12 - Rebecca Holden , American actress, singer, and entertainer
June 15 - Wade Boggs , American baseball player
June 17 - Jello Biafra , American musician and activist
June 20 - Chuck Wagner , American actor
June 20 - Kelly Johnston British Guitarist.Girlschool
June 22 - Bruce Campbell , American actor, producer, writer and director.
June 24 - Curt Fraser , American ice hockey coach
June 27 - Magnus Lindberg , Finnish composer
June 27 - Jim Cartwright , English actor and playwright
June 28 - Félix Gray , French singer and songwriter
June 29 - Jeff Coopwood , American actor, broadcaster and singer
June 30 - Esa-Pekka Salonen , Finnish conductor and composer
July 2 - Thomas Bickerton , American Methodist bishop
July 5 - William Watterson , American cartoonist of Calvin and Hobbes .
July 6 - Jennifer Saunders , British comedian
July 7 - Michala Petri , Danish recorder player
July 8 - Kevin Bacon , American actor
July 15 - Mac Thornberry , American politician
July 15 - Austin Hayes , Irish footballer (d. 1986 )
July 16 - Michael Flatley , Irish-born dancer
July 20 - Billy Mays , American infomercial salesperson
July 22 - Tatsunori Hara , Japanese professional-baseball coach and player
July 28 - Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. 1981 )
July 30 - Kate Bush , British singer and songwriter
July 31 - Mark Cuban , American entrepreneur and basketball team owner
July 31 - Bill Berry , American drummer (R.E.M. )
August?September
August 1 - Adrian Dunbar , Irish Actor and Director
August 4 - Allison Hedge Coke , Poet and writer
August 7 - Bruce Dickinson , English musician
August 7 - Russell Baze , champion jockey
August 15 - Victor Shenderovich , Russian writer
August 16 - Madonna , American-born singer, songwriter, and actress
August 16 - Angela Bassett , American actress
August 17 - Belinda Carlisle , American singer (The Go-Go's )
August 19 - Anthony Muñoz , American football player
August 20 - Nicholas Bell , English Actor based in Australia
August 22 - Colm Feore , American-born actor
August 24 - Steve Guttenberg , American actor
August 25 - Tim Burton , American film director
August 27 - Normand Brathwaite , Canadian comedian and television and radio host
August 29 - Michael Jackson , American singer and dancer
September 6 - Jeff Foxworthy , American comedian, actor, author
September 6 - Michael Winslow , American comedian, actor, voice actor
September 8 - Mitsuru Miyamoto , Japanese voice actor
September 8 - Reiko Terashima , Japanese manga artist and illustrator
September 14 - Michael Bollner , German actor
September 14 - Jeff Crowe , New Zealand cricketer
September 10 - Chris Columbus (filmmaker) , American film director/writer/producer
September 16 - Orel Hershiser , baseball player
September 19 - Azumah Nelson , Ghanaian boxer
September 21 - Bruno Fitoussi , French poker player
September 22 - Andrea Bocelli , Italian tenor
September 23 - Danielle Dax , British musician
September 23 - Marvin Lewis , American football coach
September 23 - Scott Shaw , American author, actor, and filmmaker
September 25 - Michael Madsen , American actor
September 25 - Eamonn Healy , Irish chemist
September 30 - Marty Stuart , American singer
October?December
October 12 - Bryn Merrick , British musician, ex-The Damned
October 13 - Derri Daugherty , American musician (The Choir and The Lost Dogs )
October 14 - Thomas Dolby , English musician
October 16 - Tim Robbins , American actor
October 17 - Alan Jackson , American country singer and songwriter
October 20 - Dave Finlay , Northern Irish professional wrestler
October 20 - Viggo Mortensen , American actor
October 20 - Mark King , British musician (Level 42 )
October 20 - Scott Hall , American professional wrestler
October 25 - Phil Daniels , Actor
October 27 - Simon Le Bon , English musician (Duran Duran )
October 29 - Blazej Balaz , Slovak painter
October 31 - Brian Stokes Mitchell , American actor and singer
November 1 - Mark Austin , British newsreader (ITN )
November 2 - Willie McGee , baseball player
November 8 - Jeff Speakman , American actor and martial artst
November 10 - Vicky Rosti , Finnish singer, former Eurovision contestant
November 16 - Marg Helgenberger , American actress
November 16 - Boris Krivokapi? , Serbian academic
November 18 - Laura Miller , Mayor of Dallas, Texas
November 19 - Michael Wilbon , American sportswriter
November 22 - Jamie Lee Curtis , American actress
November 27 - Tetsuya Komuro , Japanese music producer and song writer
November 28 - Dave Righetti , baseball player
November 29 - Mario Petrucci , poet, ecologist and educator
November 30 - Juliette Bergmann , Dutch bodybuilder
December 1 - Charlene Tilton , American actress
December 2 - George Saunders , American writer
December 5 - Dynamite Kid , English professional wrestler
December 6 - Nick Park , English filmmaker and animator
December 9 - Rikk Agnew , American punk rock musician
December 10 - Cornelia Funke , German author
December 11 - Janko Ferk , Austrian lawyer and writer
December 11 - Nikki Sixx , American musician (Mötley Crüe )
December 13 - Lynn-Holly Johnson , American ice skater and actress
December 13 - Dana Strum , American bassist
December 17 - Mike Mills , American bassist (R.E.M. )
December 21 -Kevin Blackwell English Football Manager
December 25 - Hanford Dixon , American football player
December 25 - Rickey Henderson , baseball player
December 29 - Lakhdar Belloumi , Algerian football player
December 31 - Bebe Neuwirth , American actress
Unknown
Deaths
January?June
January 1 - Edward Weston , American photographer (b. 1886 )
January 1 - Archibald Alphonso Alexander , American designer/governor (b.1888 )
January 8 - Paul Pilgrim , American athlete (b. 1883 )
January 11 - Edna Purviance , American actress (b. 1895 )
January 19 - Cândido Rondon , Brazilian military officer (b. 1865)
January 30 - Jean Crotti , Swiss artist (b. 1878 )
February 1 - Clinton Davisson , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )
February 4 - Henry Kuttner , American author (b. 1915 )
February 13 - Christabel Pankhurst , English suffragette (b. 1880 )
March 21 - Cyril M. Kornbluth , American writer (b. 1923 )
March 22 - Mike Todd , American film producer (b. 1909 )
March 25 - Tom Brown , American musician (b. 1888 )
March 26 - Phil Mead , English cricketer (b. 1887 )
March 28 - W.C. Handy , American composer (b. 1873 )
April 16 - Rosalind Franklin , British crystallographer (b. 1920 )
April 19 - Billy Meredith , Welsh footballer (b. 1874 )
May 3 - Frank Foster , English cricketer (b. 1889 )
May 19 - Ronald Colman , English actor (b. 1891 )
May 26 - Constantin Cantacuzino , Romanian aviator (b. 1905 )
May 29 - Juan Ramón Jiménez , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )
June 13 - Edwin Keppel Bennett , British writer (b. 1887 )
June 16 - Aleksandr Chervyakov , Prime Minister of Byelorussian SSR (suicide) (b. 1892 )
June 20 - Kurt Alder , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902 )
June 26 - George Orton , Canadian athlete (b. 1876 )
June 28 - Alfred Noyes , English poet (b. 1880 )
July?December
July 14 (killed during coup d'état )
July 15 - Julia Lennon (mother of John Lennon ) (b. 1914 )
August 14 - Frédéric Joliot , French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1900 )
August 14 - Gladys Presley , mother of Elvis Presley (b. 1912 )
August 22 - Roger Martin du Gard , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )
August 24 - Paul Henry , Northern Irish artist (b. 1876 )
August 26 - Ralph Vaughan Williams , English composer (b. 1872 )
August 27 - Ernest Lawrence , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901 )
September 11 - Hans Grundig , artist (b. 1901 )
September 11 - Robert W. Service , Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874 )
september 23 - Alfred Piccaver , British-American operatic tenor (b. 1884 )
October 9 - Pope Pius XII (b. 1876 )
October 17 - Charlie Townsend , English cricketer (b. 1876 )
October 17 - Paul Outerbridge American photographer (b. 1896 )
October 24 - G. E. Moore , British philosopher, author of Principia Ethica (b. 1873 )
November 15 - Tyrone Power , American actor (b. 1914 )
November 24 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood , English politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864 )
November 27 - Artur Rodzi?ski , Polish conductor (b. 1892 )
December 8 - Tris Speaker , baseball player (b. 1888 )
December 15 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli , Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900 )
Ship events
Nobel Prizes
Academy Awards
Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai , Sam Spiegel
Best Foreign Language Film: Nights of Cabiria ,
Best Documentary Feature: Albert Schweitzer , Jerome Hill
Best Animated Feature: Birds Anonymous , Edward Selzer
Best Director: David Lean , The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor: Alec Guinness , The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress: Joanne Woodward , The Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons , Sayonara
Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki , Sayonara
Best Original Screenplay: George Wells , Designing Woman
Best Adapted Screenplay: Novel by Pierre Boulle ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman , The Bridge over the River Kwai
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