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January

* January 1 – The
European Economic Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
(EEC) comes into being. *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– The West Indies Federation is formed. *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. **
Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1 (; see § Etymology) was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for t ...
(launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
Battle of Edchera: The
Moroccan Army of Liberation The Army of Liberation ( ary, جيش التحرير, translit=Jish Etteḥrir; ber, Aserdas Uslelli, script=Latn) was an organization of various loosely united militias fighting for the independence of Morocco from the French-Spanish coalitio ...
ambushes a Spanish patrol. *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
– A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the " Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite,
Explorer 1 Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's ...
, is launched into orbit.


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
Egypt and
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
unite, to form the United Arab Republic. *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Seven
Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West Germany, on the return flight from a
European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
game in Yugoslavia. 23 people survive, but 4 of them, including manager
Matt Busby Sir Alexander Matthew Busby (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish association football, football player and manager, who managed Manchester United F.C., Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 197 ...
and players
Johnny Berry Reginald John Berry (1 June 1926 – 16 September 1994), also listed as John James Berry, was an English footballer. Berry joined Manchester United from Birmingham City in 1951. Despite his diminutive stature, he was a natural right winger with ...
and
Duncan Edwards Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid ...
, are in serious condition. Busby and Berry will pull through, although Berry will never play again. Edwards dies a fortnight later. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
**Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs. **
Ruth Carol Taylor Ruth Carol Taylor (born December 27, 1931) is the first African-American flight attendant in the United States. Her first flight was aboard a Mohawk Airlines flight from Ithaca to New York City. Early life Born in Boston, Massachusetts, into a ...
is the first African American woman hired as a
flight attendant A flight attendant, also known as steward/stewardess or air host/air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. Collectively called cabin crew, flight attendants are prima ...
. Hired by
Mohawk Airlines Mohawk Airlines was a regional passenger airline operating in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, mainly in New York and Pennsylvania, from the mid-1940s until its acquisition by Allegheny Airlines in 1972. At its height, it employe ...
, her career lasts only 6 months, due to another discriminatory barrier – the airline's ban on married flight attendants. *
February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
– The Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan unite in the
Arab Federation The Hashemite Arab Federation was a short-lived country that was formed in 1958 from the union between the Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan. Although the name implies a federal structure, it was ''de facto'' a confederation. The Federation ...
, with King Faisal II of Iraq as head of state. * February 21 – A peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is a United Kingdom Ministry of Defence research facility responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the UK's nuclear weapons. It is the successor to the Atomic Weapons Research ...
. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
** Cuban rebels kidnap five-time world driving champion
Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (American Spanish: , ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), nicknamed ''El Chueco'' ("the bowlegged" or "bandy legged one") or ''El Maestro'' ("The Master" or "The Teacher"), was an Argentine racing car driver. He dominated t ...
, releasing him 28 hours later. ** Arturo Frondizi is elected president of Argentina. *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
– In Cuba,
Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
's ''
Radio Rebelde Radio Rebelde (English: Rebel Radio) is a Cuban Spanish-language radio station. It broadcasts 24 hours a day with a varied program of national and international music hits of the moment, news reports and live sport events. The station was set up ...
'' begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra. *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
Bertrand Russell launches the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the UK. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
Prestonsburg bus disaster The collision and plunge into Big Sandy River involving a school bus near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on February 28, 1958, resulted in the deaths of 26 students and the bus's driver. It was the third-deadliest bus crash in United States histor ...
: One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurs when a school bus hits a truck and falls into a river, resulting in 27 deaths, 26 of them schoolchildren. Twenty-two others are rescued.


March

* March 1 – Turkish passenger ship capsizes and sinks in the Gulf of İzmit, Turkey; at least 300 die. * March 2 – A British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition team, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs, completes the first overland crossing of the Antarctic, using
snowcat A snowcat (short for snow and caterpillar) is an enclosed-cab, truck-sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. Major manufacturers are Pisten Bully (Germany), Prinoth (Italy) and Tucker (United States). Snow groomers A snow ...
caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams, in 99 days, via the South Pole. * March 8 – The is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since
1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
(she is recommissioned October 22, 1988). * March 11 – A U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Without a fissile warhead, its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure several people. * March 17 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite. * March 19 – The
Monarch Underwear Company fire {{short description, 1958 textile factory fire in Manhattan, New York The Monarch Underwear Company fire occurred in Manhattan, New York City at 623 Broadway on March 19, 1958. Twenty-four people were killed in a loft fire, between Houston Street ...
occurs in New York, United States, killing 24 people. *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
– Canada's Avro Arrow makes its maiden flight. * March 26 ** The United States Army launches
Explorer 3 Explorer 3 (Harvard designation 1958 Gamma) was an American artificial satellite launched into medium Earth orbit in 1958. It was the second successful launch in the Explorer program, and was nearly identical to the first U.S. satellite Explor ...
. ** The
30th Academy Awards The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957. The Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', despite the f ...
Ceremony takes place; '' The Bridge on the River Kwai'' wins 7 awards, including
Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category ...
. * March 27Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.


April

* April 3 – In Cuba,
Castro Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''. ...
's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
– The satellite Sputnik 2 (launched November 3, 1957) disintegrates during reentry from orbit. * April 14Van Cliburn wins the International Tchaikovsky Competition for pianists in Moscow, breaking
Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
tensions. * April 17 – King
Baudouin of Belgium Baudouin (;, ; nl, Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf, ; german: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav. 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993), Dutch name Boudewijn, was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his de ...
officially opens the world's fair in Brussels, also known as
Expo 58 Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (french: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles de 1958, nl, Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling van 1958), was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Bel ...
. The Atomium forms the centrepiece. * April 20 – The Montreal Canadiens win the
Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
in ice hockey, after defeating the US team the Boston Bruins in 6 games. *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
United Airlines Flight 736 is involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force F-100F jet fighter in what is now
Enterprise, Nevada Enterprise is an Unincorporated towns in Nevada, unincorporated town in the Las Vegas Valley in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 221,831 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census, up from 14,676 at the United Stat ...
; all 49 persons in both aircraft are killed.


May

* May 1 ** Arturo Frondizi becomes
President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...
. ** U.S. space scientist James van Allen announces the discovery of Earth's
magnetosphere In astronomy and planetary science, a magnetosphere is a region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field. It is created by a celestial body with an active interior dynam ...
. ** The Nordic Passport Union comes into force. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– Interviewed in the Chave d'Ouro café, when asked about his rival António de Oliveira Salazar, Humberto Delgado utters one of the most famous comments in Portuguese political history: "Obviamente, demito-o! (Obviously, I'll sack him!)". * May 12 – A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada. * May 13 ** Crisis in France:
French Algerian French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...
protesters seize government offices in
Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
, leading to a military coup. ** During a visit to
Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. * May 15 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. * May 18 – An
F-104 Starfighter The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fi ...
sets a world speed record of . * May 20 – The Cuban government of Fulgencio Batista launches a counteroffensive against Castro's rebels. * May 22 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first American elected official to be broadcast on color television. * May 23
Explorer 1 Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's ...
ceases transmission. * May 28
Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
beats A.C. Milan 3–2 at Heysel Stadium, Brussels and wins the
1957–58 European Cup The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madri ...
. *
May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– The bodies of unidentified United States soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns, in Arlington National Cemetery.


June

* June 1 **
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
is brought out of retirement at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises to lead France by decree for 6 months. ** Iceland extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km). * June 4 – French Prime Minister
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
visits Algeria. * June 16
Imre Nagy Imre Nagy (; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (''de facto'' Prime Minister) of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader ...
and other leaders of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956 are hanged for treason, following secret trials. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
– The iron barque ''Omega'' of
Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists o ...
, Peru (built in Liverpool, 1887), sinks on passage carrying
guano Guano (Spanish from qu, wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth. G ...
from the Pachacamac Islands for Huacho, the world's last full-rigged ship trading under sail alone. * June 27 – The Peronist Party becomes legal again in Argentina. * June 29Brazil beats
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
5–2 in the
final game Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
, to win the
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
World Cup in
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. * June 30 – The Ifni War ends in Spanish Sahara.


July

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July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million ...
: A 7.8 strike-slip earthquake in
Southeast Alaska Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska(n) Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part ...
causes a
landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...
that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reaches on the rim of Lituya Bay. * July 11 – Count Michael Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, direct descendant of Samuel Aba, King of Hungary, age 60, is pistol-whipped and murdered over a few hectares of land by Czechoslovak Communists, during the collectivization process at his residence in Olcsvar, Slovakia. * July 12 ** The Beatles, at this time known as The Quarrymen, pay 17 shillings and 6 pence to have their first recording session where they record
Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...
's " That'll Be the Day" and " In Spite of All the Danger", a song written by Paul McCartney and
George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
. **
Henri Cornelis Hendrik "Rik" Cornelis (1910–1999) was a Belgian colonial civil servant who served as the final Governor-General of the Belgian Congo from 1958 to 1960. His term ended with the independence of the Republic of the Congo. Cornelis was born in ...
becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, the last Belgian governor prior to independence. * July 14
July 14 Revolution The 14 July Revolution, also known as the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état, took place on 14 July 1958 in Iraq, and resulted in the overthrow of the Hashemite monarchy in Iraq that had been established by King Faisal I in 1921 under the auspices of the B ...
in Iraq: King Faisal is killed. Abd al-Karim Qasim assumes power. * July 15 – In Lebanon, 5,000 United States Marines land in the capital Beirut in support of the pro-Western government. * July 24 – Fourteen life peerages, the first under the Life Peerages Act 1958, are created in the United Kingdom. * July 26 ** Explorer program:
Explorer 4 Explorer 4 was an American satellite launched on 26 July 1958. It was instrumented by Dr. James van Allen's group. The Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) had initially planned two satellites for the purposes of stu ...
is launched in the United States. ** Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom announces that she is giving her son and heir apparent
Prince Charles Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...
, the customary title of Prince of Wales. The announcement is made at the end of the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ...
, held in Cardiff. * July 29 – The U.S. Congress formally creates the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding th ...
(NASA). *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
– The
Tibetan resistance movement Protests and uprisings in Tibet against the government of the People's Republic of China have occurred since 1950, and include the 1959 uprising, the 2008 uprising, and the subsequent self-immolation protests. Over the years the Tibetan governme ...
against rule by China receives support from the United States Central Intelligence Agency.


August

* August 3 – The nuclear-powered submarine becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water. *
August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
** Australian athlete Herb Elliott clips almost 3 seconds off the world record for the mile run at Santry Stadium, Dublin, recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds. ** The
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy In 1948, on the initiative of Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, the Chilean National Congress enacted the Permanent Defense of Democracy Law ( es, Ley de Defensa Permanente de la Democracia, Ley N° 8.987), referred to by many as the Damn ...
, which outlawed the Communist Party of Chile and banned 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed. *
August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
KLM Flight 607-E __NOTOC__ KLM Flight 607-E was an international scheduled flight that crashed on 14 August 1958, on takeoff from Shannon Airport, Ireland. The aircraft was a Lockheed Super Constellation. All 99 on board died, making the crash the deadliest civ ...
, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, crashes into the sea with 99 people aboard. * August 17 – The first Thor-Able rocket is launched, carrying
Pioneer 0 Pioneer 0 (also known as Able 1) was a failed United States space probe that was designed to go into orbit around the Moon, carrying a television camera, a micrometeorite detector and a magnetometer, as part of the first International Geophysical ...
, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17. The launch fails due to a first stage malfunction. * August 18
Brojen Das Brojen Das (Bengali: ব্রজেন দাস; 9 December 1927 – 1 June 1998) was a Bangladeshi swimmer, who was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it six times. Early life and education ...
from East Pakistan swims across the English Channel in a competition, the first
Bangali Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of S ...
as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He is first among 39 competitors. *
August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...
Illinois observes the centennial of the
Lincoln–Douglas debates The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. Until ...
. * August 23 – The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins, with the
People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
's bombardment of Quemoy. * August 26 – A
general strike A general strike refers to a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal. They are organised by large co ...
is called in Paraguay. * August 30September 1Notting Hill race riots: Riots occur between blacks and whites in Notting Hill, London.


September

* September 1 – The
first Cod War The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each o ...
begins between the United Kingdom and Iceland. * September 2 ** Hendrik Verwoerd becomes the 6th
Prime Minister of South Africa The prime minister of South Africa ( af, Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984. History of the office The position of Prime Minister was established in 1910, when the Union of Sout ...
. ** China's first television broadcasts start at Beijing Television Station, a predecessor of
China Central Television China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...
.  * September 4Jorge Alessandri is the winner of Chile's presidential election. * September 6Paul Robeson performs in concert at the Soviet Young Pioneer camp Artek. * September 12Jack Kilby invents the first
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, while working at Texas Instruments. * September 14 – Two rockets designed by German engineer
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(the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere. * September 18BankAmericard, the first credit card to be widely offered, is launched in Fresno, California in what becomes known as the "Fresno Drop". * September 27 ** Typhoon Ida kills at least 1,269 in
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, Japan. ** Hurricane Helene, the worst storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, reaches category 4 status. *
September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– In the 1958 French constitutional referendum, a majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. * September 30 – The U.S.S.R. performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya.


October

* October – GoldStar, as predecessor for LG Electronics, founded in South Korea. * October 1 ** Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League. ** NASA starts operations and replaces the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA in the United States. * October 2 – Guinea declares itself independent from France. * October 4 ** The new Constitution of France is signed into law, establishing the French Fifth Republic. ** British Overseas Airways Corporation uses the new De Havilland Comet jets, to become the first airline to fly jet passenger services across the Atlantic. * October 11 – ''Pioneer 1'', the second and most successful of the 3 project Pioneer program, Able space probes, becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA. * October 13 – Penelope Coelen, Penny Coelen is crowned Miss World 1958 during the 8th Miss World Pageant, the first South African to win the title. * October 16 – The long-running BBC Television children's programme ''Blue Peter'' is first broadcast. * October 17 – ''An Evening with Fred Astaire'', the first television show recorded on color videotape, is broadcast on NBC in the United States. * October 18 – ''Tennis for Two'', a game invented by William Higinbotham and considered to be the first pure entertainment computer game, is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Visitors' Day Exhibit in the United States. * October 23 – The Nobel Committee announces Russian novelist Boris Pasternak as the winner of the 1958 Prize for Literature. * October 26 – A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 makes its first transatlantic flight. * October 28 – Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII, as the 261st pope.


November

* November 3 ** The new UNESCO building, World Heritage Centre, is inaugurated in Paris. ** Jorge Alessandri is sworn in as President of Chile. * November 10 – The bossa nova is born in Rio de Janeiro, with João Gilberto's recording of ''Chega de Saudade''. * November 10 – Harry Winston donates the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution. * November 18 – En route to Rogers City, Michigan, the Lake freighter breaks up and sinks in a storm on Lake Michigan; 33 of the 35 crewmen on board perish. * November 20 – The Jim Henson Company is founded as The Muppets, Muppets, Inc. in the United States. * November 22 – 1958 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, Country Coalition (Australia), Coalition Menzies Government (1949-66), Government is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party led by H.V. Evatt. This is the first election where television was used as a medium for communicating with voters. Evatt will eventually resign as Labor leader and will be 1960 Australian Labor Party leadership election, replaced by his deputy Arthur Calwell. * November 25 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community, French colonial empire. * November 28 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire. * November 30 – Gaullism, Gaullists win the 1958 French legislative election, French parliamentary election.


December

* December 1 ** Our Lady of the Angels School fire: 90 students and 3 nuns are killed in a fire in Chicago. ** Adolfo López Mateos takes office as President of Mexico. * December 14 – The ''3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition'' becomes the first ever to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility. * December 15 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes, Charles H. Townes of Bell Laboratories publish a paper in ''Physical Review, Physical Review Letters'' setting out the principles of the optical laser. * December 16 ** A fire breaks out in the Vida Department Store in Bogotá, Colombia and kills 84 persons. ** Soviet Union, Soviet polar pilot V. M. Perov on Li-2 rescues four Belgian polar explorers, led by Gaston de Gerlache, who have survived a plane crash in Antarctica 250 km from their base five days earlier. * December 18 ** The United States launches SCORE (satellite), SCORE, the world's first communications satellite. ** The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor makes the first true mid-air transition from vertical helicopter-type flight to fully level fixed-wing flight. * December 19 – A message from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is broadcast from the SCORE (satellite), SCORE satellite. * December 21 – General
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is elected president of France with 78.5% of the votes. * December 24 – 1958 BOAC Bristol Britannia crash: A BOAC Bristol Britannia (312 G-AOVD) crashes near Winkton, England, during a test flight, killing nine people. Three crew members survive. * December 28 – In American football, the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23–17 to win the 1958 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game, the first to go into Sudden death (sport), sudden death Overtime (sport), overtime and "The Greatest Game Ever Played". * December 29 – Battle of Santa Clara: Rebel troops under Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara begin to invade Santa Clara, Cuba. * December 30 – The Guatemalan Air Force fires on Mexican fishing boats which had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering the Mexico–Guatemala conflict. * December 31 ** Tallies reveal that, for the first time, the total of passengers carried by air this year exceeds the total carried by sea in transatlantic service. ** After the fall of Santa Clara, Cuban President Fulgencio Batista flees the country.


Date unknown

* Denatonium, the bitter (taste), bitterest substance known, is discovered. It is used as an aversive agent in products such as bleach to reduce the risk of children drinking them.


Births


January

* January 1 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American hip-hop/rap DJ *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...
– Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor (''Max Headroom'') * January 6 – Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player * January 7 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (died 2009) * January 8 – Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education * January 9 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish militant, would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II * January 10 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer * January 15 – Boris Tadić, Serbian president * January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant * January 21 – Hussein Saeed, Hussein Saeed Mohammed, Iraqi football player * January 24 – Jools Holland, British musician * January 26 ** Anita Baker, American soul and R&B singer ** Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian, and television host * January 28 – Maitê Proença, Brazilian actress


February

* February 4 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (died 2005) * February 8 – Marina Silva, Brazilian politician * February 9 – Cyrille Regis, English footballer (died 2018) * February 10 – Ricardo Gareca, Argentine footballer and manager *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Regina Maršíková, Czechoslovakian tennis player * February 13 – Pernilla August, Swedish actress * February 16 ** Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor ** Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (died 2014) * February 21 ** Jack Coleman (actor), Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter ** Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer * February 26 ** María Casal, Spanish actress ** Susan Helms, American astronaut * February 27 – Maggie Hassan, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (died 2009)


March

* March 3 – Miranda Richardson, English actress * March 4 – Patricia Heaton, American actress * March 5 – Andy Gibb, English singer, songwriter, performer, and teen idol (died 1988) * March 7 – Rik Mayall, English comedian and actor (died 2014) * March 8 – Gary Numan, British singer * March 10 ** Sharon Stone, American actress and producer ** Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (died 1998) * March 14 ** Bruno Dumont, French film director and screenwriter ** Albert II, Prince of Monaco * March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress * March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker * March 24 – Roland Koch, German politician * March 26 ** Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (died 1986) ** Hala Fouad, Egyptian actress (died 1993) * March 27 – Jessica Soho, Philippine television celebrity and reporter * March 28 ** Bart Conner, American gymnast ** Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (died 2003) * March 30 ** Lucy Turnbull, Lord Mayor of Sydney, wife of Malcolm Turnbull ** Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and comedian * March 31 – Dietmar Bartsch, German politician


April

* April 3 – Alec Baldwin, American actor * April 4 ** Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990) ** Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai billionaire businessman (d. 2018) * April 10 – Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist * April 11 ** Hussniya Jabara, Israeli Arab politician ** Luc Luycx, Belgian coin designer * April 12 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian athlete * April 14 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor * April 15 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Andie MacDowell, American actress ** Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan) (d. 2009) * April 24 – Susan Tsvangirai, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2009) * April 25 – Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica * April 26 – Giancarlo Esposito, Italian-American actor * April 29 ** Sergey Goryunov, Russian football coach and former Soviet player ** Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress


May

* May 4 – Keith Haring, American artist (died 1990) *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
** Rick Santorum, American politician ** Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut, first Hispanic woman to go into space * May 12 – Dries van Noten, Belgian designer * May 20 – Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress * May 23 – Drew Carey, American comedian and actor * May 25 – Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter * May 26 – Margaret Colin, American actress * May 27 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter * May 29 ** Annette Bening, American actress ** Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (died 2011) *
May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– Marie Fredriksson, Swedish rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2019)


June

* June 1 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia * June 2 – Lex Luger, former American professional wrestler * June 3 – Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, German bishop * June 5 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comoroan businessman and politician, President of Comoros 2006-2011 * June 7 – Prince (musician), Prince, African-American musician (died 2016) * June 14 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater with five Olympic gold medals * June 15 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player * June 17 – Jello Biafra, American punk musician and activist (Dead Kennedys) * June 18 – Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany * June 19 – Sergei Makarov (ice hockey), Sergei Makarov, Russian ice-hockey player and coach * June 22 ** Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress ** Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director * June 24 – Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (died 2020) * June 25 – Serik Akhmetov, 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan * June 27 – Magnus Lindberg (Finnish composer), Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer * June 29 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner * June 30 ** Karl Friesen, Canadian ice hockey goaltender ** Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer ** Irina Vorobieva, Russian pair skater ** Vasil Yakusha, Belarusian rower


July

* July 1 – Tom Magee, Canadian world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor * July 2 ** Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor ** Rainer Hasler, Liechtensteiner footballer (died 2014) * July 3 – Didier Mouron, Swiss artist * July 5 ** Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes) ** Kyoko Terase, Japanese voice actress * July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, British comedian and actress * July 7 – Michala Petri, Danish recorder player * July 8 ** Kevin Bacon, American actor ** Neetu Singh, Indian actress * July 10 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress * July 12 – Valery Kipelov, Russian music artist and composer * July 13 – Arun Pandian, Indian film actor, director, producer and politician * July 14 – Jujie Luan, Chinese-Canadian fencer * July 15 – Jörg Kachelmann, Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field * July 16 – Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer * July 17 – Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong second wave filmmaker * July 19 ** Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer ** Jonathan Lee (musician), Jonathan Lee, Taiwanese musician * July 20 – Bala Garba Jahumpa, Gambian politician * July 22 – Tatsunori Hara, Japanese professional-baseball coach and player * July 27 ** Margarethe Schreinemakers, German television presenter ** Christopher Dean, British ice dancer and Olympian * July 28 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (died 1981) * July 30 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
– Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner


August

* August 1 ** María Ignacia Benítez, Chilean politician (died 2019) ** Adrian Dunbar, Irish actor and director * August 2 – Shō Hayami, Japanese voice actor and singer * August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor * August 5 – Andriy Fedetskyi, Ukrainian football player (died 2018) * August 7 ** Bruce Dickinson, English musician (Iron Maiden) ** Russell Baze, Canadian/American champion jockey * August 10 – Rami Hamdallah, Palestine politician * August 16 ** Angela Bassett, African-American actress ** Madonna, American-born singer, songwriter, and actress * August 17 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer * August 18 ** Reg E. Cathey, African-American actor (died 2018) ** Madeleine Stowe, American actress * August 19 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician * August 22 – Colm Feore, American-born Canadian actor * August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor * August 25 – Tim Burton, American film director * August 27 ** Normand Brathwaite, African-Canadian comedian and television and radio host **Kathy Hochul, American politician, Governor of New York * August 29 ** Michael Jackson, African-American singer, songwriter and dancer (died 2009) ** Lenny Henry, English comedian and actor * August 31 – Julie Brown, American actress


September

* September 2 – Zdravko Krivokapić, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Montenegro * September 6 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor and author * September 10 ** Chris Columbus (filmmaker), Chris Columbus, American film director/writer/producer ** Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister) * September 11 – Julia Nickson-Soul, Singapore actress * September 13 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor * September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian/American actress * September 17 – Janez Janša, 2-Time Prime Minister of Slovenia * September 18 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (died 2018) * September 19 – Lita Ford, British musician * September 21 – Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player * September 22 ** Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor ** Joan Jett, American rock musician * September 24 ** Kevin Sorbo, American actor ** Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist * September 27 ** Shaun Cassidy, American actor, producer and screenwriter ** Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer * September 29 ** Eduardo Cunha, Brazilian politician, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil ** Tom Buhrow, German journalist and intendant of the WDR


October

* October 3 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor * October 5 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and science communicator * October 8 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician, President of the European Commission * October 10 – Tanya Tucker, American singer * October 13 – Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (died 2018) * October 14 – Peter Kloeppel, German television journalist * October 16 ** Noel Cleal, Australian rugby league player ** Tim Robbins, American actor and film director * October 17 – Alan Jackson, American country singer and songwriter * October 20 ** Mark King (musician), Mark King, English pop-rock guitarist and singer (Level 42) ** Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor * October 25 – Kornelia Ender, German swimmer * October 26 – Pascale Ogier, French actress (died 1984) * October 27 – Simon Le Bon, English rock singer * October 28 – Raúl Pellegrin, Chilean revolutionary, leader of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (died 1988) * October 29 ** Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter ** Stefan Dennis, Australian actor & singer * October 31 – Jeannie Longo, French cyclist


November

* November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor * November 7 – Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician and deputy Prime Minister of Russia * November 10 – Vicky Rosti, Finnish singer, former Eurovision contestant * November 12 ** Megan Mullally, American actress, singer and media personality ** Hiromi Iwasaki, Japanese singer * November 14 – Sergio Goyri, Mexican actor * November 16 ** Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kyrgyzstan ** Marg Helgenberger, American actress ** Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic * November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer * November 18 ** Laura Miller, American politician ** Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian * November 18 – Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-born Israeli footballer and manager * November 22 ** Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress ** Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor * November 25 – Alice Cohen, American singer and fine artist * November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese music producer and songwriter * November 30 – Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder


December

* December 1 ** Charlene Tilton, American actress ** Javier Aguirre, Mexican football player and manager * December 2 – Mina Asami, Japanese actress * December 6 – Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator * December 10 ** Cornelia Funke, German author ** Annelore Zinke, East German gymnast * December 11 – Nikki Sixx, American rock musician * December 12 ** Monica Attard, Australian journalist ** Lucie Guay, Canadian canoer ** Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian musician ** Sheree J. Wilson, American actress * December 14 – François Zocchetto, French politician * December 15 – Alfredo Ormando, Italian writer (died 1998) * December 16 – Katie Leigh, American voice actress * December 18 – Julia Wolfe, American composer * December 25 ** Dimi Mint Abba, Mauritanian musician and singer (died 2011) ** Rickey Henderson, African-American baseball player ** Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter * December 26 – Mieko Harada, Japanese actress * December 29 – Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player * December 31 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress


Deaths


January

* January 1 – Edward Weston, American photographer (born 1886) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (born 1877) *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...
– Archie Alexander, American designer and governor (born 1888) * January 7 ** Margaret Anglin, Canadian stage actress (born 1876) ** Petru Groza, Romanian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Romania and head of the State (born 1884) * January 8 ** Mary Colter, American architect (born 1869) ** Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (born 1883) * January 9 – Karl Reinhardt (philologist), Karl Reinhardt, German philologist. (born 1886) *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
** Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (born 1880) ** Edna Purviance, American actress (born 1895) * January 16 – Aubrey Mather, English actor (born 1885) * January 19 – Cândido Rondon, Brazilian military officer (born 1865) * January 20 – Ataúlfo Argenta, Spanish conductor and pianist (born 1913) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
– Prince Oskar of Prussia (born 1888) * January 30 ** Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (born 1878) ** Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer and manufacturer (born 1888)


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
– Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Manchester United footballers killed in Munich air disaster ** Geoff Bent (born 1932) ** Roger Byrne (born 1929) ** Eddie Colman (born 1936) ** Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933), Mark Jones (born 1933) ** David Pegg (born 1935) ** Frank Swift (born 1913) ** Tommy Taylor (born 1932) ** Liam Whelan, Liam "Billy" Whelan (born 1935) * February 7 – Walter Kingsford, English actor (born 1882) * February 10 – Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete (born 1899) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879) * February 13 ** Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragette (born 1880) ** Georges Rouault, French painter (born 1871) ** Helen Twelvetrees, American actress (born 1908) *
February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
– Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1922–1958), Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1922) * February 16 – Situ Qiao, Chinese painter (born 1902) *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
– Marguerite Snow, American actress (born 1889) * February 20 – Thurston Hall, American actor (born 1882) * February 21 ** Henryk Arctowski, Polish scientist and explorer (born 1871) **
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English footballer, died from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster (born 1936) * February 27 – Harry Cohn, American film producer (born 1891)


March

* March 1 – Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (born 1871) * March 6 – Anton Reinthaller, Austrian right wing politician (born 1895) * March 8 – Brian Swift (cricketer), Brian Swift, Australian cricketer, car accident (born 1937) * March 11 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (born 1891) * March 12 – Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (born 1878) * March 17 – Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (born 1877) * March 21 – Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (born 1923) * March 22 (in plane crash) ** Mike Todd, American film producer (born 1909) ** Art Cohn, American screenwriter (born 1909) * March 23 ** Charlotte Walker (actress), Charlotte Walker, American actress (born 1876) ** Florian Znaniecki, Polish philosopher and sociologist (born 1882) * March 24 ** Herbert Fields, American librettist and screenwriter (born 1897) ** Alexandros Hatzikyriakos, Greek admiral and politician (born 1874) *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
**Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian politician (born 1915) ** Tom Brown (trombonist), Tom Brown, American musician (born 1888) * March 26 – Phil Mead, English cricketer (born 1887) * March 28 ** W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer (born 1873) ** Chuck Klein, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1904)


April

* April 2 ** Willie Maley, Scottish football player and manager (born 1868) ** Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (born 1900) * April 4 – María Luisa Sepúlveda, Chilean composer (born 1898) * April 5 – Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1884) * April 8 ** Alcibíades Arosemena, Panamanian politician, 15th President of Panama (born 1883) ** George Jean Nathan, American drama critic (born 1882) ** Frank Eaton, American Deputy Marshal (born 1860) ** Frank Kingdon-Ward, English botanist and explorer (born 1885) * April 15 – Estelle Taylor, American actress (born 1894) * April 16 – Rosalind Franklin, English crystallographer (born 1920) * April 17 – Rita Montaner, Cuban singer, pianist and actress (born 1900) * April 18 – Maurice Gamelin, French general (born 1872) * April 19 – Billy Meredith, Welsh footballer (born 1874)


May

* May 2 – Henry Cornelius, South African-born director (born 1913) * May 3 – Frank Foster (cricketer), Frank Foster, English cricketer (born 1889) * May 5 – James Branch Cabell, American writer (born 1879) * May 7 ** Joan Comorera, Spanish politician (born 1894) ** Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor (born 1880) * May 9 – Koshirō Oikawa, Japanese admiral (born 1883) * May 18 – Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and essayist (born 1881) * May 19 ** Ronald Colman, English actor (born 1891) ** Marie Pujmanová, Czechoslovak poet and novelist (born 1893) ** Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (born 1870) * May 20 – Frédéric François-Marsal, 59th Prime Minister of France (born 1874) * May 22 – Richmond Palmer, Sir Richmond Palmer, British lawyer and colonial administrator (born 1877) * May 26 – Constantin Cantacuzino (aviator), Constantin Cantacuzino, Romanian aviator (born 1905) * May 29 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)


June

* June 2 ** Townsend Cromwell, American oceanographer (plane crash) (born 1922) ** Bell M. Shimada, American fisheries scientist (plane crash) (born 1922) * June 6 ** Lloyd Hughes (actor), Lloyd Hughes, American actor (born 1897) ** Virginia Pearson, American actress (born 1886) * June 8 – Nicola da Gesturi, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (born 1882) * June 9 – Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905) * June 13 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (born 1887) * June 16 **
Imre Nagy Imre Nagy (; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (''de facto'' Prime Minister) of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader ...
, Hungarian politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (born
1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
) ** Nereu Ramos, Brazilian politician, 20th President of Brazil (born 1888) *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
– Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902) * June 21 ** Herbert Brenon, American film director (born 1880) ** Robert L. Ghormley, American admiral (born 1883) * June 24 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (born 1876) * June 25 – Alfred Noyes, English poet (born 1880) * June 27 – Vytautas Augustauskas, Soviet educator (born 1904)


July

* July 2 – Martha Boswell, American singer (born 1905) * July 3 – Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1867) * July 5 – Patriarch Vikentije II, Serbian Patriarch, Vikentije II (born 1890) *
July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
– James H. Flatley, American naval aviator and admiral (born 1906) * July 14 (killed during ''coup d'état''): ** King Faisal II of Iraq (born 1935; assassinated) ** 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince of Iraq (born 1913; assassinated) ** Ibrahim Hashem, Jordanian lawyer and politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1888) * July 15 – Nuri al-Said, Iraqi politician, 7th Prime Minister of Iraq (born 1888) * July 18 – Henri Farman, French aviator and aircraft company founder (born 1874) * July 20 – Franklin Pangborn, American actor (born 1889) * July 24 – Mabel Ballin, American actress (born 1887) * July 25 – Harry Warner, American studio executive (born 1881) * July 26 – Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr., American Korean War fighter ace and test pilot (born 1928) * July 27 – Claire Lee Chennault, American aviator and general, leader of the Flying Tigers (born 1893) * July 30 – William A. Glassford, American admiral (born 1886)


August

* August 1 – Albert E. Smith (producer), Albert E. Smith, English-born American stage magician, film director and producer (born 1875) * August 2 – Michele Navarra, Italian Sicilian Mafia boss (born 1905) * August 3 – Peter Collins (racing driver), Peter Collins, British Formula 1 driver (born 1931) * August 4 – Mario Zanin (bishop), Mario Zanin, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and monsignor (born 1890) * August 8 – Barbara Bennett, American actress (born 1906) * August 9 – Felipe Boero, Argentine composer (born 1884) * August 12 – Augustus Owsley Stanley, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (born 1867) *
August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
– Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1900) * August 16 ** José Domingues dos Santos, Portuguese politician, 89th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1885) ** Paul Panzer, German actor (born 1872) * August 18 – Bonar Colleano, American actor (born 1924) *
August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
** Stevan Hristić, Yugoslav composer (born 1885) ** Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann, German film director (born 1908) * August 22 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) * August 24 ** Paul Henry (painter), Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (born 1876) ** J. G. Strijdom, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1893) * August 26 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (born 1872) * August 27 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) * August 29 – Marjorie Flack, American artist, illustrator and writer (born 1897)


September

* September 3 – Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel, British army general (born 1889) * September 11 ** Hans Grundig, German artist (born 1901) ** Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (born 1874) * September 16 – Alma Bennett, American actress (born 1904) * September 23 ** Alfred Piccaver, British-born American operatic tenor (born 1884) ** Walter Friedrich Otto, German classical philologist (born 1874) * September 25 – John B. Watson, American psychologist (born 1878) * September 27 – Adolfo Salazar, Spanish historian, composer and diplomat (born 1890) * September 30 – Estate Tatanashvili, Soviet general (born 1902)


October

* October 9 – Pope Pius XII (born 1876) * October 11 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (born 1876) * October 14 – Douglas Mawson, Sir Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist and polar explorer (born 1882) *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...
– Jack Norton, American actor (born 1882) * October 16 – Michalis Souyioul, Greek composer (born 1906) * October 17 ** Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (born 1876) ** Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (born 1876) ** Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born
1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
) * October 24 – G. E. Moore, British philosopher of (''Principia Ethica'') (born 1873) * October 26 – Herbert A. Bartholomew, American farmer and politician (born 1871) * October 29 – Zoë Akins, American playwright, poet and author (born 1886)


November

* November 4 – Sam Zimbalist, American film producer (born 1904) * November 8 – C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (born 1878) * November 11 – André Bazin, French film critic and theorist (born 1918) * November 15 – Tyrone Power, American actor (born 1914). * November 16 – Samuel Hopkins Adams, American writer (born 1871) * November 19 – Vittorio Ambrosio, Italian general (born 1879) * November 24 ** Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1864) * November 27 ** Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (born 1892) ** Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian Communist political, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly and head of the State (born 1892) * November 30 – Oscar C. Badger II, American admiral (born 1890)


December

* December 1 – Boots Mallory, American actress (born 1913) * December 4 – José María Caro Rodríguez, Chilean Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (born 1866) * December 5 ** Willie Applegarth, British Olympic athlete (born 1890) ** Patras Bokhari, Pakistani humorist (born 1898) * December 8 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1888) * December 11 – Alberto Meschi, Italian anarchist (born 1879) * December 12 ** Slobodan Jovanović, Serbian intellectual and politician (born 1869) ** Milutin Milanković, Yugoslav mathematician, astronomer, climatologist and geophysicist, (born 1879) ** Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (born 1900) * December 13 – Tim Moore (comedian), Tim Moore, American comedian (born 1887) * December 15 – Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900) * December 21 ** Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist and playwright (born 1884) ** H. B. Warner, English actor (born 1876) * December 27 – Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, 16th Prime Minister of Albania (born 1887) * December 29 – Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, and Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Frederick Sanger * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – George Wells Beadle, Edward Lawrie Tatum, and Joshua Lederberg * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Boris Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Georges Pire


References

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