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1958
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1958 in the United States.

Incumbents

Events

January–March

January 31: Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite

April–June

July–September

July 29: NASA established
September 23: The Spirit of Detroit statue is dedicated in Detroit, Michigan.

October–December

Undated

  • Based on birth rates (per 1,000 population), the post-war baby boom ends in the United States as an 11-year decline in the birth rate begins (the longest on record in that country).
  • Illinois observes the centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
  • The United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and the U.S. agree to stop testing atomic bombs for 3 years.
  • Robert Frank publishes his photographic essay The Americans (in Paris)

Ongoing

Births

January

Lorenzo Lamas
Ellen DeGeneres

February

Ice-T
Tim Kaine

March

Sharon Stone
Holly Hunter

April

Alec Baldwin

May

Ellen Ochoa
Ron Reagan
Annette Bening

June

Prince
Bruce Campbell
Jeffrey Lee Pierce

July

August

Don Swayze
Madonna
Michael Jackson

September

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Jennifer Tilly

October

Viggo Mortensen

November

Jamie Lee Curtis

December

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prestonsburg School Bus Disaster". KY National Guard eMuseum. Retrieved 2018-03-01.