Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 - 1958 - 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
Events
- January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957)
- January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fisher[?] wins the United States Chess Championship[?]
- January 28 - Charles Starkweather[?] and Caril Ann Fugate[?] begin their murder spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister
- January 29 - Police capture Charles Starkweather[?] in Wyoming.
- January 31 - The first successful American satellite, Explorer I, is launched into orbit.
- January 31 - James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt
- February 1 - Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic.
- February 5 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
- February 6 - Munich Air Disaster
- February 11 - Marshal Chen Yi[?] succeeds Chou En-Lai[?] as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
- February 11 - Ruth Carol Taylor[?] is 1st African-American woman hired as a flight attendant
- February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
- March 17 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- March 22 - Faisal becomes King of Saudi Arabia
- March 26 - The United States Army launches Explorer III[?].
- March 27 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union[?]
- May 12 - A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
- May 13 - During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard M. Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
- May 15 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
- May 18 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph.
- May 23 - Explorer I ceased transmission
- May 30 - The bodies of unidentified soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
- July 26 - Explorer IV launched
- October 1 - NASA created to replace NACA
- BBC Radiophonic Workshop created
- During the International Geophysical Year, Earth's magnetosphere is discovered
- The United States conducts Operation Argus during August and September
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1958 in film
- 1958 in literature
- 1958 in music
- January 20 - Elvis Presley receives his draft notice
- 1958 in sports
- 1958 in television
- Ampex demonstrates their design for a color Video Tape Recorder
Births
- January 20 - Lorenzo Lamas[?], actor
- January 24 - Jools Holland[?], musician
- January 26 - Ellen DeGeneres, actress, comedienne
- February 11 - Michael Jackson[?], controller of BBC2.
- February 11 - Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakian tennis player.
- February 13 - Pernilla August[?], actress
- February 16 - Ice-T, singer, songwriter, actor
- February 21 - Mary Chapin Carpenter[?], singer
- February 24 - Sammy Kershaw[?], musician
- March 3 - Miranda Richardson, actress
- March 5 - Andy Gibb, singer (+ 1988)
- March 10 - Sharon Stone, actress
- March 14 - Prince Albert of Monaco
- March 20 - Holly Hunter, actress
- March 21 - Gary Oldman, actor
- April 3 - Alec Baldwin, actor
- April 21 - Andie MacDowell, actress
- May 16 - Amp Fiddler[?], musician (P Funk)
- May 20 - Ron Reagan[?], dancer, talk show host, son of former President Ronald Reagan
- May 23 - Drew Carey comedian, actor
- May 27 - Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter
- May 27 - Wayne Williams, murderer in Atlanta
- July 28 - Terry Fox, cancer activist
- August 7 - Bruce Dickinson, English heavy metal musician
- October 14 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
- October 16 - Tim Robbins[?], American actor
- December 6 - Nick Park, film-maker and animator
Deaths
- January 11 - Edna Purviance[?], actress
- January 30 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist
- February 4 - Henry Kuttner[?], science fiction author
- March 21 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, science fiction writer
- March 22 - Michael Todd[?], producer
- March 28 - W.C. Handy - Blues composer
- May 19 - Ronald Colman, actor
- August 14 - Frédéric Joliot, scientist
- December 15 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist
- Physics - Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Ilya Mikhailovich Frank[?], Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm
- Chemistry - Frederick Sanger
- Medicine - George Wells Beadle[?], Edward Lawrie Tatum[?], Joshua Lederberg[?]
- Literature - Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
- Peace - George Henri Pire[?]
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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