What Happened In February 1958 In History

Historical Events for February, 1958

• 3rd » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
• 5th » Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• 5th » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the United States Air Force known as US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
• 6th » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
• 21st » The peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
• 22nd » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
• 23rd » Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
• 28th » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains Prestonsburg, Kentucky bus disaster or one of the worst school bus accidents

Famous Birthdays on February in 1958

• 1st » Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
• 1st » Margie Abbott, New Zealand-Australian wife of Tony Abbott
• 1st » Ryō Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1st » Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1st » Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
• 2nd » Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
• 3rd » Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut
• 3rd » Greg Mankiw, American economist
• 4th » Tomasz Pacyński, Polish author (d. 2005)
• 4th » Valdo Randpere, Estonian singer and politician
• 6th » Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
• 6th » Tim Dakin, English bishop
• 6th » Barry Miller (actor) called Barry Miller, American actor
• 7th » Rusty Brooks, American wrestler
• 7th » Terry Marsh (boxer) known as Terry Marsh, English boxer
• 7th » Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician
• 7th » Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
• 8th » Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
• 9th » Christoph Clark, French porn actor and director
• 9th » Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
• 9th » Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player
• 9th » Cyrille Regis, English footballer
• 10th » Michael Weiss (composer) called Michael Weiss, American pianist and composer
• 11th » Michael Jackson (TV executive) known as Michael Jackson, English television producer
• 12th » Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Jack Frost (band) known as Jack Frost) (d. 2006)
• 12th » Bobby Smith (ice hockey) known as Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 12th » Peter Stilsbury, Australian wrestler
• 13th » Pernilla August, Swedish actress
• 13th » Marc Emery, Canadian publisher and activist
• 13th » Jean-François Lisée, Canadian journalist and politician
• 13th » Derek Riggs, English painter and illustrator
• 13th » Tip Tipping, English actor and stuntman (d. 1993)
• 14th » Francisco Javier López Peña, Spanish military officer (d. 2013)
• 14th » Enrique Mansilla, Argentine race car driver
• 14th » Grant Thomas (footballer) named Grant Thomas, Australian footballer
• 15th » Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian author
• 15th » Tony McKegney, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Matthew Ward (singer) e.g Matthew Ward, American singer-songwriter (Second Chapter of Acts)
• 15th » Adam Boulton, English journalist
• 16th » Ice-T, American rapper and actor (Body Count)
• 16th » Natalie Angier, American journalist and author
• 16th » Michael W. Burns, American politician
• 16th » Lisa Loring, American actress
• 16th » Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
• 16th » Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach
• 17th » Steve Fox (footballer) e.g Steve Fox, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 17th » Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (d. 1991)
• 18th » Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian race car driver
• 18th » Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth) (d. 1999)
• 18th » Lucie Visser, Dutch actress and model
• 19th » Tommy Cairo, American wrestler
• 19th » Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter
• 20th » James Wilby, English actor
• 21st » Jake Burns, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stiff Little Fingers)
• 21st » Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 21st » Jack Coleman (actor) e.g Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter
• 21st » Alan Trammell, American baseball player and manager
• 22nd » Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter (Black Sabbath, White Lion, Great White, and Impellitteri)
• 23rd » Patrick Marriott, English general
• 23rd » David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter (Japan (band) called Japan and Nine Horses)
• 24th » Hent de Vries, Dutch philosopher
• 24th » Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 24th » Mark Moses, American actor
• 25th » Panagiotis Beglitis, Greek politician
• 25th » Jeff Fisher, American football player and coach
• 25th » Kevin Gray (actor) e.g Kevin Gray, American actor (d. 2013)
• 25th » Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach
• 26th » Karen Berger, American author
• 26th » Greg Germann, American actor
• 26th » Susan J. Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
• 26th » Tim Kaine, American politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
• 27th » Naas Botha, South African rugby player
• 27th » Max Crivello, Italian illustrator
• 27th » Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire
• 27th » Nancy Spungen, American murder victim, girlfriend of Sid Vicious (d. 1978)
• 28th » Jack Abramoff, American businessman
• 28th » Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist (d. 2009)
• 28th » Ginette Harrison, English mountaineer (d. 1999)
• 28th » Jeanne Mas, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 28th » David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (d. 2010)

Famous Deaths for February 1958

• 1st » Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 4th » Henry Kuttner, American author (b. 1915)
• 6th » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 10th » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach (b. 1899)
• 11th » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
• 12th » Douglas Hartree, English physicist (b. 1897)
• 13th » Georges Rouault, French painter (b. 1871)
• 14th » Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab, Pakistan or Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
• 17th » Hugh McCrae, Australian author (b. 1876)
• 19th » Charles King (athlete) named Charles King, American jumper (b. 1880)
• 21st » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 22nd » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician (b. 1888)

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