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Born :02/08/1958"Sensational" Sherri Martel, New Orleans, WWF Woman's Champ
Born :10/17/1958Alan Jackson, rocker (Don't Rock the Jukebox, Here in the Real World)
Born :04/14/1958Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco
Born :03/14/1958Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988)
Born :08/07/1958Alberto Salazar, marathoner (NYC Marathon Winner)
Born :04/03/1958Alec Baldwin, Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice)
Born :04/07/1958Alexandra Neil, Boston, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
Born :08/09/1958Amanda Bearse, actress (Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children)
Born :04/21/1958Andie MacDowell, [Rosalie Anderson], Gaffney SC, actress (Green Card)
Born :03/18/1958Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
Born :03/05/1958Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold)
Born :09/28/1958Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born :01/26/1958Anita Baker, Toledo Oh, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got)
Born :09/13/1958Ann Dusenberry, Tucson Az, actress (Jaws 2, Lies, Basic Training)
Born :10/04/1958Anneka Rice, Dutch TV hostess
Born :05/29/1958Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont)
Born :04/01/1958Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :02/06/1958Barry Miller, LA Calif, actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married)
Born :12/16/1958Bart Oates, NFL center (NY Giants)
Born :03/28/1958Bart Wayne Conner, Chicago Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
Born :08/17/1958Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth)
Born :04/18/1958Bernadette Robi, model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann
Born :05/12/1958Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
Born :12/20/1958Billy Bragg, British rocker (It Says Here, Ideology)
Born :12/08/1958Billy Hufsey, actor (Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life)
Born :11/02/1958Bobby Dall, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
Born :03/21/1958Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL)
Born :12/30/1958Brandon Clark, NYC, actor (Sean-The Fitzpatricks)
Born :10/05/1958Brent W Jett Jr, Pontiac Mich, USN Lt Commander/astronaut
Born :08/07/1958Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills)
Born :04/05/1958Cammie Lusko, LA Calif, Guinness' World Strongest Woman
Born :06/14/1958Carina Persson, Stockholm Sweden, playmate (August, 1983)
Born :11/24/1958Carmel (McCourt), England, rocker (Storm, More More More)
Born :02/20/1958Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
Born :08/--/1958Carole Bouquet, Paris France, actress (For Your Eyes Only)
Born :12/01/1958Charlene Tilton, San Diego Calif, actress (Lucy Ewing-Dallas)
Born :01/27/1958Charles Waltz, rocker (Shooting Star)
Born :08/08/1958Chris Foreman, rocker (Madness-Burning Down the House)
Born :05/12/1958Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
Born :08/25/1958Christian LeBlanc, NC, actor (Michael Baldwin-Young & Restless)
Born :09/30/1958Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor NY, actor (Jack Forbes-Loving)
Born :07/27/1958Christopher Dean, Olympics skater (Torvill & Dean/Olympic-gold-1984)
Born :06/07/1958Christopher Marcantel, Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving)
Born :07/30/1958Daley Thompson, London, Decathalete (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984)
Born :06/17/1958Dan McVicar, Independence Mo, actor (Clarke-Bold & Beautiful)
Born :12/13/1958Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
Born :04/29/1958Daniel Day-Lewis, English, actor, (Last of the Mohicans)
Born :09/17/1958Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :06/18/1958Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
Born :09/08/1958David Lewis, guitarist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
Born :02/23/1958David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
Born :11/28/1958David Van Day, rocker (Dollar-Loves Gotta Hold on Me)
Born :11/23/1958David Wallace, Miami, actor (General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus)
Born :06/25/1958Debbie Green, South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born :03/13/1958Debi Nicolle Johnson, Torrance Calif, playmate (October, 1984)
Born :08/08/1958Deborah Norville, TV host (Today)
Born :03/12/1958Debra Jensen, Orange County Cal, playmate (January, 1978)
Born :12/23/1958Denise McConnell, Weisbaden Germany, playmate (March, 1979)
Born :02/02/1958Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins)
Born :01/25/1958Dinah Manoff, NYC, actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol-Empty Nest)
Born :08/21/1958Dom Mamzi, horse trainer
Born :06/09/1958Donald Michael Santini, Mass, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
Born :01/07/1958Donna Rice, model, Gary Hart's alledged lover
Born :05/25/1958Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
Born :10/13/1958Dwayne Evans, Phoenix Az, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1976)
Born :08/31/1958Edwin C Moses, track star (hurdler, Olympic-gold-1984)
Born :08/22/1958Elhadjdia Ba, Dakar Senegal, hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988)
Born :05/10/1958Ellen Ochoa, LA Calif, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56)
Born :07/14/1958Eric Heiden, US speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :06/14/1958Eric Heiden, Wisc, «/1/1«/5/10K speed skater (Olympic-5 golds-1980)
Born :10/20/1958Eric Scott, Hollywood Calif, actor (Ben-Waltons)
Born :01/--/1958Erica Roe, Petersfield Engld, streaked a rugby game in 1982
Born :06/30/1958Esa-Pekka Salonen, Helsinki Finland, conductor (Giro)
Born :05/09/1958Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :04/29/1958Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka)
Born :11/21/1958Evert van Benthem, skater (won 2x Elfstedentocht)
Born :08/13/1958Feargal Sharkey, rocker (Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart)
Born :04/12/1958Fish, [Derek Dick], rock vocalist (Marillion-Real to Reel)
Born :04/25/1958Fish, rock vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice)
Born :06/07/1958Francesca Thyssen, lugano Switz, baroness
Born :01/24/1958Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion
Born :07/08/1958Fred Young
Born :10/02/1958Freddie Jackson, vocalist
Born :03/08/1958Gary Numan, [Gary Webb] Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas)
Born :03/21/1958Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace)
Born :01/25/1958Gary Tibbs, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
Born :06/21/1958Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russia, major/cosmonaut
Born :05/16/1958Glenn Gregory, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
Born :01/01/1958Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Sadler], rocker (Message)
Born :08/09/1958Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
Born :08/04/1958Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born :04/28/1958Hal Sutton, Shreveport La, PGA golfer (PGA 1983)
Born :08/08/1958Harry Crosby, LA Calif, actor (Friday the 13th)
Born :10/27/1958Hazell Dean, rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever)
Born :02/17/1958Heidi Hagman, actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place)
Born :07/25/1958Henk Wanders, bassist (Frank Boeijen Group)
Born :03/20/1958Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade)
Born :02/02/1958Holly Hunter, Conyers Ga, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around)
Born :05/29/1958Ivar Sisniega, M‚xico, pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
Born :10/20/1958Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist (1978 Casagrande winner)
Born :02/21/1958Jack Coleman, Easton Pa, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
Born :02/21/1958Jake Steinfeld, exercise expert (Body by Jake)
Born :10/18/1958James M Talent, (Rep-R-Missouri)
Born :11/22/1958Jamie Lee Curtis, LA Calif, actress (Anything But Love, Halloween)
Born :12/14/1958Jan D˜ksma, bassist (Weekend at Waikiki)
Born :05/20/1958Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)
Born :10/15/1958Jayne Modean, Hartford Ct, actress (Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center)
Born :10/18/1958Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgium, actor (Kickboxer, No Retreat)
Born :02/26/1958Jeff Fithian, actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
Born :06/27/1958Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter (Gun Club)
Born :09/16/1958Jennifer Tilly, LA Calif, actress (Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II)
Born :12/23/1958Joan Severance, Houston Tx, actress (Hear No Evil, See No Evil)
Born :02/26/1958Joe Fithian, actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
Born :04/05/1958Johan Kriek, South Africa, tennis player (US Indoor 1982)
Born :12/10/1958John J York, Chicago Ill, actor (Mac Scorpio-General Hospital)
Born :10/10/1958John M Grunsfeld, Chicago Ill, PhD/astronaut
Born :04/04/1958John Wesley Jones, Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born :04/26/1958Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver
Born :08/16/1958Jonathan Prince, Beverly Hills Pa, actor (Danny-Alice)
Born :07/13/1958Joy Scott, jockey
Born :01/29/1958Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)
Born :06/04/1958Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress
Born :02/17/1958Karen Lende, Concord Mass, US Equestrian athlete (Olympic-92)
Born :07/30/1958Kate Bush, Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things)
Born :04/28/1958Kathy Willets, nymphomaniac (1991 Florida Sex Scandal)
Born :06/08/1958Keenen Ivory Wayans, comedian (In Living Color)
Born :05/04/1958Keith Haring, Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review)
Born :04/10/1958Ken Griffy, baseball player (Cin Reds, NY Yanks)
Born :07/08/1958Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
Born :09/19/1958Kevin Hooks, Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
Born :10/07/1958Kim Morris, San Diego Ca, playmate (Mar, 1986)
Born :07/04/1958Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
Born :10/25/1958Kornelia Ender, Halle GDR, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-1972, 76)
Born :11/28/1958Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
Born :02/25/1958Kurt Rambis, NBA forward (Lakers, Hornets)/Clark Kent look-a-like
Born :02/22/1958Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Blue Velvet, Dune, Hidden)
Born :08/07/1958Larisa Karlova, USSR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
Born :03/15/1958Laura Carrington, actress (Louisa-Alphabet City)
Born :02/03/1958Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
Born :04/18/1958Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
Born :10/05/1958Lee Thompson, sax (Madness-Baggy Trousers)
Born :08/20/1958Lenny Henry, British comedian (3 of a Kind)
Born :12/12/1958Leo Kenter, drummer (Tr”ckener Kecks)
Born :12/19/1958Limahl, British rocker (Kajagoogoo-Too Shy)
Born :05/27/1958Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons)
Born :02/16/1958Lisa Loring, actress (As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family)
Born :01/20/1958Lorenzo Lamas, LA Calif, actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever)
Born :09/28/1958Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, (Miss Italy-1980)
Born :01/11/1958Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores, Honolulu Hawaii, playmate (Jun, 1982)
Born :07/23/1958Lydia Cornell, El Paso Tx, actress (Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort)
Born :12/13/1958Lynn-Holly Johnson, actress (Ice Castles)
Born :08/18/1958Madeleine Stowe, actress (Ruth-Gangster Chronicles)
Born :08/16/1958Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City Mich, singer/actress (Like a Virgin)
Born :04/18/1958Malcolm Marshall, British cricketer
Born :02/07/1958Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish singer
Born :07/18/1958Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born :10/13/1958Maria Cantwell, (Rep-D-Washington)
Born :05/30/1958Marie, Ostra-Ljuajak Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
Born :03/05/1958Mark E Smith, English singer/songwriter (Fall)
Born :02/13/1958Mark Fox, congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool)
Born :10/20/1958Mark King, bass/vocalist (Level 42-Standing in the Light)
Born :07/11/1958Mark Lester, Oxford England, actor (Oliver, Prince & Pauper)
Born :09/02/1958Marlene Janssen, Rock Island Ill, playmate (Nov, 1982)
Born :03/09/1958Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
Born :02/04/1958Mary Ann Pascal, actress (Samantha-Brothers)
Born :08/04/1958Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71)
Born :11/17/1958Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Oak Park Ill, actress (Color of Money)
Born :02/21/1958Mary-Chapin Carpenter, singer (Shooting Straight in the Dark)
Born :03/25/1958Mar¡a Caridad Col¢n, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :10/24/1958Mathilde Santing, singer
Born :01/04/1958Matt Frewer, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)
Born :04/15/1958Matt Reid, rocker (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away)
Born :04/23/1958Max Planck, physicist (Quanta Physics)
Born :07/05/1958Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel)
Born :05/30/1958Michael E Lopez-Alegria, Madrid Spain, US Navy Lt Commander/astronaut
Born :08/29/1958Michael Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad)
Born :09/25/1958Michael Madsen, actor (Reservior Dogs, Straight Talk)
Born :07/07/1958Michael Marx, Portland Or, US fencer (Olympic-84, 88, 92)
Born :07/20/1958Michael McNeill, synthesizer (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me)
Born :04/28/1958Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City Calif
Born :04/29/1958Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City Calif, actress (Married to the Mob)
Born :09/11/1958Mick Talbot, rocker (Style Council-You're the Best Thing)
Born :01/21/1958Miguel Alejandro, NYC, actor (Popi)
Born :05/21/1958Mike Barson, rocker (Madness)
Born :12/14/1958Mike Scott, rocker (Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior)
Born :03/03/1958Miranda Richardson, England, actress (Dance with a Stranger)
Born :09/07/1958Nadieh, singer/guitarist/composer (Haifa blue)
Born :12/29/1958Nancy Jane Sherlock, Wilmington Del, Capt Army/Astronaut (SK:STS 57)
Born :07/01/1958Nancy Lieberman, Bkln NY, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976)
Born :05/27/1958Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
Born :12/11/1958Nicki Sixx, San Jose Calif, rock guitarist (M”tley Cre-Girls Girls)
Born :07/18/1958Nigel Twist, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime)
Born :03/01/1958Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good)
Born :01/26/1958Norman H ssan, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
Born :11/29/1958Pamela Prati, Rome Italy, Million $ Cap (1984)
Born :07/05/1958Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives)
Born :12/10/1958Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money)
Born :05/25/1958Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council)
Born :02/14/1958Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children)
Born :03/22/1958Pete Wylie, rocker (Sinful)
Born :08/16/1958Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, Norfolk VA, Phd/Astronaut (SK:STS 57)
Born :02/18/1958Peter Koech, Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-silver-1988)
Born :04/16/1958Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer
Born :04/04/1958Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
Born :06/07/1958Prince, [Rogers Nelson], Minn, rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain)
Born :11/01/1958Rachel Ticotin, NYC, actress (Grace-For Love & Honor, Total Recall)
Born :01/31/1958Rafael Santana, shortstop (NY Mets, NY Yankees)
Born :08/06/1958Randy DeBarge, rocker (Debarge)
Born :04/13/1958Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild)
Born :07/11/1958Ray Dodds, rocker (Fairground Attraction-You Send Me)
Born :01/01/1958Ren Woods, Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots)
Born :02/23/1958Ria Brieffies, singer (Dolly Dots)
Born :07/30/1958Richard Burge, actor (Another World)
Born :06/29/1958Richard Mettee, horse trainer
Born :03/13/1958Rick A Lazio, (Rep-R-New York)
Born :05/10/1958Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
Born :12/25/1958Rickey Henderson, baseball player (stolen base king, A's, Yankees)
Born :01/30/1958Rob of Zandvoort, singer (Jack of Hearts)
Born :07/03/1958Robert Forth, Clarence NY, US shooter (Olympic-92)
Born :11/16/1958Roberto Guerrero, Medelin Columbia, Indy racer (Rookie of Year 1984)
Born :05/20/1958Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, Pres son/TV host (Ron Reagon Show)
Born :02/12/1958Ruth Guerri, St Louis Mo, playmate (July, 1983)
Born :07/22/1958Sandra Elizabeth Greenberg, Spokane Wash, playmate (June, 1987)
Born :08/25/1958Saskia Van Orly, singer (Tambourine)
Born :08/28/1958Scott Scovell Hamilton, Toledo Oh, ice skater (Olympic-gold-1984)
Born :06/03/1958Scott Valentine, actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover)
Born :06/28/1958Sergei Shakrai, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
Born :04/17/1958Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russia, major/cosmonaut
Born :03/10/1958Sharon Stone, Meadsville Pa, actress (Police Academy 4, Total Recall)
Born :02/10/1958Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
Born :09/27/1958Shaun Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away)
Born :05/23/1958Shelly West, country singer
Born :12/12/1958Sheree J Wilson, actress (Our Family Honor, April-Dallas)
Born :04/29/1958Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
Born :08/06/1958Simon Francken, bassist (Ivy Green)
Born :10/27/1958Simon Le Bon, rocker (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
Born :11/26/1958Steve Buyer, (Rep-R-Indiana)
Born :08/24/1958Steve Guttenberg, Bkln NY, actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)
Born :12/30/1958Steven L Smith, Phoenix Arizona, astronaut
Born :12/14/1958Steven Rock-Savage, Mellville Louisiana, (LSU), actor
Born :04/11/1958Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
Born :02/26/1958Susan J Helms, Charlotte NC, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 54)
Born :03/27/1958Susan Molinari, (Rep-R-New York)
Born :02/24/1958Susan Scannell, Lexington Mass, actress (Nicole-Dynasty)
Born :10/10/1958Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car)
Born :08/01/1958Taylor Negron, LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School)
Born :12/28/1958Terry Butcher, British soccer
Born :07/28/1958Terry Fox, ran "Marathon of Hope" across Canada
Born :10/14/1958Thomas Dolby, rocker (She Blinded Me With Science)
Born :05/23/1958Thomas Reiter, German engineer/test pilot/astronaut candidate
Born :07/25/1958Thurston Moore, US guitarist/songwriter (Sonic Youth)
Born :11/28/1958Tim Mullens, singer/guitarist (Ivy green)
Born :10/16/1958Tim Robbins, actor (Bull Durham, Cadillac Man)
Born :01/31/1958Tom Schuman, pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
Born :04/07/1958Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
Born :04/12/1958Tony James, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
Born :06/04/1958Tony Pigott, cricketer
Born :04/09/1958Tony Sibson, boxer
Born :05/18/1958Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free)
Born :11/15/1958Tyrone E Power, US, actor (Mark of Zorro/Suez/Jesse James)
Born :09/22/1958Vasili Yuriyevich Lukiyanyuk, Russian cosmonaut
Born :06/24/1958Victor M Gerena, NYC, security guard robbed $7 million (FBI wanted)
Born :05/17/1958Vincent Henar, bassist (Fra Fra Sound)
Born :12/02/1958Vladimir Parfenovich, USSR, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :06/15/1958Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88)
Born :07/31/1958Wally Kurth, actor (Days of Our Lives)
Born :09/12/1958Wilfredo Benitez, PR, boxer (world champ at 17y176d)
Born :04/12/1958Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
Born :11/02/1958Willie McGee, St Louis Card (1985 NL MVP)
Born :05/28/1958Yvet Anna, painter




Died :07/25/1958"Sensational" Sherri Martel, woman's wrestling champ (WWF)
Died :02/06/19587 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich
Died :07/14/1958Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered
Died :12/13/1958Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
Died :05/27/1958Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
Died :03/04/1958Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies
Died :06/28/1958Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies
Died :05/02/1958Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies
Died :07/01/1958Apie [Adrian P] Prince, writer (I go my eige job), dies
Died :12/13/1958Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
Died :11/13/1958Bart A Van de Leck, painter (Style), dies at 81
Died :05/09/1958Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
Died :02/10/1958Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
Died :11/25/1958Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82
Died :03/28/1958Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53
Died :03/21/1958Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
Died :01/01/1958David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55
Died :12/29/1958Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer, dies
Died :01/30/1958Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
Died :10/12/1958Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30
Died :08/27/1958Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
Died :09/17/1958Eugne Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70
Died :07/14/1958Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad
Died :08/17/1958Florent Schmitt, French composer/music critic (Jardin Secret), dies
Died :06/15/1958Fran‡ois de Vries, economist, dies at 74
Died :02/04/1958Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46
Died :09/17/1958Friedrich Adolf Paneth, chemist, dies
Died :08/14/1958Fr‚d‚ric Joliot-Curie, French nuclear physicist (Nobel 1936), dies
Died :02/13/1958Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
Died :03/01/1958Giacomo Balla, Italian painter, dies
Died :08/14/1958Gladys L Presley, mom of Elvis, dies at 46
Died :02/27/1958Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
Died :07/01/1958Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
Died :07/25/1958Harry Warner, US movie pionier (Warner Bros), dies at 81
Died :07/18/1958Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker, dies at 84
Died :02/03/1958Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
Died :02/05/1958Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies
Died :03/12/1958Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79
Died :11/16/1958Johan WF Werumeus Buning, poet (...de boer h˜ ploegde voort), dies
Died :09/25/1958John B Watson, US psychologist/behaviorist, dies
Died :02/03/1958John F Buziau, cabaret performer, dies at 81
Died :08/24/1958John G Str˜dom, premier of South-Africa (1954-58), dies at 65
Died :10/15/1958John Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61
Died :08/02/1958Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies
Died :10/27/1958Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies
Died :01/06/1958Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium, dies
Died :07/15/1958Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident
Died :07/13/1958Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
Died :06/20/1958Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies
Died :03/16/1958Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
Died :12/21/1958Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher/writer (Der falsche Nero), dies
Died :05/22/1958Magdalene Sz‚kely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58
Died :10/02/1958Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies
Died :08/14/1958Mary Ritter Beard, American historian, dies at 82
Died :11/21/1958Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
Died :03/22/1958Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56
Died :05/08/1958Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
Died :07/14/1958Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered
Died :07/15/1958Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies
Died :01/09/1958Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (Um der Wende der Zeit), dies
Died :01/07/1958Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74
Died :10/09/1958Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies
Died :12/13/1958Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
Died :08/26/1958Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85
Died :04/18/1958Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies
Died :07/19/1958Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32
Died :08/22/1958Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies
Died :05/19/1958Ronald Colman, British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 67
Died :07/01/1958Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choeographer (modern dance), dies
Died :05/27/1958Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
Died :10/24/1958Theodor Kr”ger, German author (Tie vergessene Dorf), dies at 61
Died :02/20/1958Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
Died :12/13/1958Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70
Died :11/15/1958Tyrone Power, actor, dies of a heart attack at 44
Died :04/10/1958W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY
Died :08/21/1958Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
Died :08/15/1958William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65




Special :07/03/1958"Andy Williams Show" premiers on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
Special :09/05/1958"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US
Special :01/31/1958"Jackpot Bowling" premiers on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
Special :07/24/195814 people named 1st life peers in UK
Special :01/30/19581st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx
Special :07/23/19581st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
Special :02/01/19581st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
Special :09/21/19581st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas Tx
Special :01/18/19581st black in the NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)
Special :08/01/19581st class postage up to 4› (had been 3› for 26 years)
Special :09/05/19581st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
Special :12/10/19581st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111
Special :02/11/19581st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY
Special :11/30/19581st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me
Special :04/04/19581st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
Special :07/10/19581st parking meter installed in England (625 installed)
Special :03/21/19581st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
Special :02/07/19581st showing of DAF 600 auto
Special :03/02/19581st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed
Special :12/18/19581st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip
Special :11/18/19581st true reservoir in Jurusalem opens
Special :12/18/19581st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower
Special :09/24/19581st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia
Special :10/21/19581st women in English House of Lords
Special :10/11/19582nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back
Special :09/15/195848 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ
Special :02/23/19585-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
Special :03/20/195850" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
Special :10/04/19585th French republic established
Special :02/06/19587 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash
Special :01/13/19589,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban
Special :09/20/1958A black woman stabs Martin Luther King Jr in chest in NYC
Special :07/08/1958AL beats NL 4-3 in 25th All Star Game (Memorial Stadium, Baltimore)
Special :12/23/1958Abdallah Ibrahim forms govt of Morocco
Special :07/06/1958Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected pres of Mexico
Special :08/29/1958Air Force Academy opens
Special :06/02/1958Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
Special :07/06/1958Alaska becomes 49th state
Special :05/04/1958Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
Special :07/05/1958Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon
Special :05/01/1958Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai
Special :11/04/1958Angelo G Roncalli crowned Pope John XXIII
Special :11/04/1958Angelo G Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII
Special :10/28/1958Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII
Special :07/31/1958Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet
Special :04/02/1958Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
Special :02/14/1958Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms
Special :08/22/1958Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return
Special :03/26/1958Army launches 3rd successful US satellite, Explorer III
Special :07/26/1958Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV
Special :04/06/1958Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
Special :04/16/1958Arnold Palmer wins his 1st Masters golf tournament
Special :08/05/1958Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
Special :02/22/1958Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
Special :01/01/1958BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
Special :12/29/1958Balt Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game
Special :07/28/1958Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
Special :09/20/1958Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
Special :06/07/1958Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
Special :11/04/1958Belgian cabinet of Eyskens, resigns
Special :06/01/1958Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
Special :11/06/1958Belgium cabinet of Eyskens & Lilar forms
Special :12/02/1958Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
Special :08/18/1958Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel
Special :06/27/1958Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th
Special :12/16/1958Bogot  warehouse fire kills 82
Special :01/06/1958Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
Special :10/29/1958Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
Special :05/09/1958Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
Special :06/29/1958Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
Special :06/28/1958Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
Special :10/01/1958Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
Special :03/12/1958British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
Special :06/14/1958British parachutists lands on Cyprus
Special :04/11/1958Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
Special :04/17/1958Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
Special :04/20/1958Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM
Special :10/12/1958CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
Special :08/14/1958Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21)
Special :12/01/1958Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Nat'l Day)
Special :05/26/1958Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
Special :11/28/1958Chad becomes an autonomous republic within French community
Special :12/21/1958Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st pres of 5th Rep of France
Special :03/11/1958Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
Special :06/01/1958Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
Special :07/19/1958Charly Gaul wins Tour de France
Special :03/07/1958Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo
Special :12/01/1958Chicago: parochial school in fire: 93 die
Special :08/23/1958China PR resumes fire on Quemoi & Matsoe
Special :03/20/1958Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
Special :08/14/1958Cleve Indian, Vic Power steals home twice in 1 game
Special :02/05/1958Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)
Special :09/26/1958Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
Special :02/17/1958Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
Special :09/15/1958Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)
Special :11/28/1958Congo & Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
Special :01/28/1958Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
Special :01/08/1958Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
Special :12/04/1958Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
Special :08/20/1958Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years
Special :11/04/1958Democrats win US congressional election
Special :08/20/1958Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0
Special :05/31/1958Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
Special :01/23/1958Dictator Marcos P‚rez Jim‚nez flees Venezuala, Larraz bal takes power
Special :01/28/1958Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck
Special :07/20/1958Dow Finsterwald wins PGA golf tournament
Special :10/08/1958Dr Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker (Stockholm)
Special :08/04/1958Dumont TV Network crumbles
Special :12/12/1958Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed
Special :02/08/1958Edgar Whitehead follows Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
Special :02/01/1958Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
Special :02/21/1958Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president (99.9% vote)
Special :05/16/1958Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mex
Special :03/24/1958Elvis Presley inducted into army in Memphis Tenn
Special :05/17/1958Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
Special :05/27/1958Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
Special :01/01/1958European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
Special :03/05/1958Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
Special :03/22/1958Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia
Special :01/27/1958Ferenc Mnnich follows K d r as premier of Hungary
Special :09/20/1958Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian govt in exile (Cairo)
Special :08/18/1958Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
Special :04/03/1958Fidel Castro's rebels open attack on Havana
Special :12/04/1958Finnish govt of Fagerholm, resigns
Special :09/28/1958France adopts constitution
Special :09/30/1958French Guin‚e becomes independent republic Guinea
Special :05/28/1958French cabinet of Pflimlin resigns
Special :04/16/1958French cabinet-Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
Special :12/30/1958French franc devalued
Special :06/21/1958French franc devalues
Special :02/08/1958French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
Special :06/04/1958French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
Special :05/13/1958French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
Special :06/22/1958Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
Special :02/05/1958Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic
Special :06/26/1958Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium
Special :10/27/1958Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan
Special :02/12/1958Gen Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala
Special :07/14/1958General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq
Special :11/28/1958George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
Special :01/06/1958Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar
Special :08/06/1958Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
Special :03/13/1958Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
Special :06/16/1958Govt troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
Special :04/18/1958Govt troops reconquer Padang, Middel-Sumatra Indonesia
Special :08/18/1958Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
Special :03/20/1958Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
Special :10/02/1958Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)
Special :09/28/1958Guinea votes for independence from France
Special :01/26/1958H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense
Special :06/27/1958Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) NY to London
Special :08/18/1958Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Roy Harris
Special :09/02/1958Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South-Africa
Special :01/30/1958House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
Special :05/07/1958Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m
Special :01/09/1958In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
Special :10/01/1958Inauguration of NASA
Special :02/22/1958Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes
Special :05/21/1958Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
Special :12/31/1958International Geophyscial Year ends
Special :07/14/1958Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty
Special :07/05/1958J Pengel forms cabinet/Emanuels premier of Suriname
Special :01/26/1958Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"
Special :01/31/1958James van Allen discovers radiation belt
Special :01/10/1958Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
Special :02/20/1958Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
Special :08/02/1958Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
Special :05/13/1958Jordan & Iraq form Arab Federation
Special :11/17/1958KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :09/02/1958KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :10/08/1958KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :11/28/1958KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :03/05/1958KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
Special :11/05/1958KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special :02/08/1958KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :08/14/1958KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99
Special :01/21/1958KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :05/05/1958KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :12/02/1958KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/22/1958KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
Special :10/05/1958KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :03/03/1958KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :01/20/1958KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :03/15/1958KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :08/21/1958KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
Special :04/01/1958KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :03/22/1958Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 for NCAA basketball championship
Special :07/17/1958King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation
Special :12/22/1958L J M Beel becomes premier
Special :02/23/1958Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913)
Special :04/24/1958Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
Special :03/22/1958Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd)
Special :08/18/1958Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published
Special :06/26/1958Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated
Special :10/14/1958Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
Special :11/24/1958Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
Special :05/23/1958Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
Special :08/23/1958Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
Special :04/01/1958Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
Special :08/15/1958Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
Special :02/11/1958Marshal Tsjen Ji succeeds Tsjoe En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
Special :09/20/1958Martin Luther King Jr stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman
Special :04/20/1958Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
Special :04/20/1958Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
Special :01/29/1958Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
Special :10/02/1958Musical show "Valmouth," 1st produced in London
Special :08/19/1958NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters
Special :01/12/1958NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
Special :06/28/1958Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
Special :04/02/1958National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
Special :03/17/1958Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape
Special :06/14/1958Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela
Special :12/18/1958Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)
Special :03/27/1958Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & 1st sect of Communist Party
Special :04/10/1958Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
Special :03/03/1958Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq
Special :09/08/1958Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan
Special :04/02/1958Operations begin at Antillian Brewery (Amstel beer)
Special :12/01/1958Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)
Special :10/26/1958PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
Special :12/02/1958Pete Dawkins, Army back wins Heisman Trophy
Special :05/13/1958Pierre Pflimlin forms French govt
Special :09/09/1958Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game
Special :10/07/1958Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court
Special :05/24/1958Pres Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
Special :05/08/1958Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
Special :07/15/1958Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
Special :07/07/1958Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill
Special :07/29/1958Pres Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act of 1958
Special :05/05/1958Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
Special :09/13/1958Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
Special :06/17/1958Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
Special :05/13/1958Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuala
Special :12/07/1958R¢mulo B‚tancourt elected pres of Venezuela
Special :01/01/1958Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
Special :11/25/1958Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
Special :03/08/1958Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita
Special :01/03/1958Sir Edmund Hillary reached South Pole overland
Special :02/15/1958Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-govt of Middle Sumatra
Special :03/14/1958South Africa government disallows ANC
Special :05/19/1958South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
Special :07/29/1958Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
Special :10/23/1958Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Special :01/04/1958Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up
Special :04/14/1958Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
Special :09/01/1958St Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout
Special :04/12/1958St Louis beats Boston, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship
Special :05/13/1958Stan Musial gets hit # 3000
Special :04/--/1958Stereo records go on sale for 1st time
Special :01/12/1958Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
Special :02/02/1958Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
Special :08/18/1958TV game show scandal investigation starts
Special :12/29/1958TV soap "Young Dr Malone" debuts
Special :06/14/1958Tommy Bolt wins US Open golf tournament
Special :10/04/1958Transatlantic coml jet passenger service began (BOAC)
Special :10/15/1958Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
Special :06/11/1958UN Security council sends observers to Lebanon
Special :05/24/1958UP & International News Service merge into United Press International
Special :03/31/1958US Navy forms atomic sub division
Special :08/01/1958US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole
Special :01/31/1958US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
Special :12/06/1958US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
Special :10/07/1958US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury
Special :01/13/1958US newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication
Special :10/06/1958US nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
Special :09/22/1958US nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
Special :08/03/1958USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
Special :11/27/1958USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
Special :08/27/1958USSR launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard
Special :05/15/1958USSR launches Sputnik III
Special :10/24/1958USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam
Special :10/23/1958USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam
Special :01/07/1958USSR shrinks army to 300,000
Special :05/26/1958Union Square, SF becomes state historical landmark
Special :12/11/1958Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France
Special :05/08/1958VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
Special :10/01/1958Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA
Special :05/27/1958Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
Special :06/26/1958Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
Special :02/05/1958Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km
Special :04/28/1958Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
Special :04/28/1958Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
Special :10/27/1958WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/17/1958WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/01/1958WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :05/03/1958WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
Special :01/06/1958WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/10/1958WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :10/12/1958WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :11/30/1958WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :09/05/1958WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :01/01/1958WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/02/1958WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
Special :02/--/1958WSUR TV channel 9 in Ponce, PR begins broadcasting
Special :09/14/1958WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :12/05/1958WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/11/1958WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :11/10/1958WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :05/16/1958Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
Special :03/25/1958West German Bondsdag desires German atomic weapons
Special :12/28/1958What might be called greatest NFL game, Colts beat Giants 23-17
Special :03/08/1958William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters
Special :12/31/1958Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X
Special :04/02/1958Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
Special :08/17/1958World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec
Special :03/02/1958Yemen announces it would join the United Arab Republic
Special :07/10/1958ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia

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