What Happened In August 1958 In History

Historical Events for August, 1958

• 3rd » The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus SSN-571 6 travels beneath the Arctic Ocean Arctic ice cap.
• 4th » The Billboard Hot 100 or 'Billboard' Hot 100 is published for the first time.
• 5th » Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
• 12th » Art Kane photographs 57 notable jazz musicians in the black and white group portrait "A Great Day in Harlem" in front of a Brownstone in New York City.
• 18th » Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
• 29th » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 31st » A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1958

• 1st » Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
• 1st » Adrian Dunbar, Irish actor
• 1st » Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian skier
• 1st » Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll Congress)
• 1st » Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
• 2nd » Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer and manager
• 2nd » Shō Hayami, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 3rd » Ana Kokkinos, Australian director and screenwriter
• 3rd » Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist
• 3rd » Lambert Wilson, French actor
• 4th » Ian Broudie, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Lightning Seeds, Big in Japan (band) e.g Big in Japan, and Care (band) known as Care)
• 4th » Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic
• 4th » Mary Decker, American runner
• 4th » Kym Karath, American actress and singer
• 4th » Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy leaders of Israel known as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
• 6th » Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player (DeBarge)
• 7th » Russell Baze, Canadian-American jockey
• 7th » Bruce Dickinson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Iron Maiden and Samson (band) known as Samson)
• 7th » Alberto Salazar, Cuban-American runner
• 8th » Deborah Norville, American journalist
• 9th » Amanda Bearse, American actress and director
• 9th » James Lileks, American journalist
• 9th » Calie Pistorius, South African engineer and academic
• 10th » Michael Dokes, American boxer (d. 2012)
• 10th » Jack Richards, English cricketer, coach, and manager
• 10th » Rosie Winterton, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• 11th » Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Public Image Ltd and The Damage Manual)
• 12th » Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter (Nena)
• 13th » David Feherty, Irish golfer
• 13th » Feargal Sharkey, Irish singer (The Undertones)
• 13th » Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 14th » Philip Dunne (born 1958) named Philip Dunne, English politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 14th » Bobby Eaton, American wrestler
• 15th » Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
• 15th » Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (d. 2010)
• 15th » Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 15th » Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
• 15th » Victor Shenderovich, Russian radio host
• 15th » Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director
• 16th » Madonna (entertainer) known as Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
• 16th » Angela Bassett, American actress, singer, and producer
• 16th » José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player
• 16th » Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
• 17th » Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
• 17th » Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
• 17th » Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
• 18th » Didier Auriol, French race car driver
• 18th » Madeleine Stowe, American actress
• 19th » Gordon Brand, Jnr, Scottish golfer
• 19th » Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 19th » Anthony Muñoz, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 19th » Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence (Australia) known as Minister for Defence for Australia
• 19th » Darryl Sutter Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 20th » David O. Russell, American director and screenwriter
• 20th » Patricia Rozema, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 20th » John Stehr, American journalist
• 20th » Ukee Washington, American journalist
• 22nd » Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
• 22nd » Stevie Ray, American wrestler
• 22nd » Vernon Reid, English-American guitarist and songwriter (Living Colour)
• 23rd » Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
• 23rd » Joanna Storm, American porn actress
• 24th » Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
• 24th » Chris Offutt, American author and academic
• 25th » Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Sterling Harwood, American lawyer, author, and academic
• 25th » Christian LeBlanc, American actor
• 26th » Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
• 27th » Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and actor
• 27th » Stalking Cat, American body modifier (d. 2012)
• 27th » Sergei Krikalev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 27th » Tom Lanoye, Belgian author, poet, and playwright
• 27th » Hugh Orde, English police officer
• 28th » Scott Hamilton (figure skater) called Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
• 28th » Whip Hubley, American actor
• 29th » Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 29th » Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (The Jackson 5) (d. 2009)
• 31st » Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player
• 31st » Stephen Cottrell, English bishop

Famous Deaths for August 1958

• 3rd » Peter Collins (racing driver) e.g Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 4th » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 7th » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 10th » Frank Demaree, American baseball player (b. 1910)
• 13th » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 13th » Otto Witte, German acrobat (b. 1868)
• 14th » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 14th » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) known as Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)
• 17th » Arthur Fox, American fencer (b. 1878)
• 22nd » Roger Martin du Gard, French author, Nobel Prize for Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 24th » Paul Henry (painter) or Paul Henry, Irish painter (b. 1876)
• 26th » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 27th » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 29th » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

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