Historical figures in 1958

The atlas holds 82 people and 119 moments here, in 1958. The most recorded lives are Elvis Presley, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Garrincha. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

1. Garrincha

   in 1958

   4 moments here

   Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known as Garrincha, was a Brazilian right winger. He spent most of his club career with Botafogo and won the FIFA World…

2. Harry S. Truman

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   1 moment here

   Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

3. Hastings Banda

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   2 moments here

   Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…

4. Herbert Hoover

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   1 moment here

   Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

5. Hideki Yukawa

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   3 moments here

   Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…

6. Ho Chi Minh

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   1 moment here

   Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

7. Howard Florey

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   1 moment here

   Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

8. Jawaharlal Nehru

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   1 moment here

   Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

9. Jean-Bédel Bokassa

   in 1958

   1 moment here

   Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…

10. John F. Kennedy

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

11. John McCain

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    2 moments here

    John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…

12. Jorge Rafael Videla

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…

13. Juan Manuel Fangio

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    2 moments here

    Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…

14. Juan Perón

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    2 moments here

    Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…

15. Julius Nyerere

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

16. Junko Tabei

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975 and the first woman to complete the Seven…

17. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

18. Kim Il Sung

    in 1958

    2 moments here

    Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…

19. Kofi Annan

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

20. Le Corbusier

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

21. Léopold Sédar Senghor

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    1 moment here

    Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…

22. Louis Armstrong

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

23. Luísa Diogo

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Mozambican economist and FRELIMO politician who served as Minister of Planning and Finance and as Mozambique’s first female prime minister, from 2004…

24. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

Moments

1. 1958 Meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru Ho Chi Minh
2. 1958 Kidnapped from Havana hotel Juan Manuel Fangio
3. 1958 Lecture in Stockholm Dorothy Hodgkin
4. 1958 Lectures in Trondheim Dorothy Hodgkin
5. 1958 Army induction at Fort Chaffee Elvis Presley
6. 1958 Army training at Fort Hood Elvis Presley
7. 1958 Marriage journey to Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
8. 1958 Opening of John Curtin School Howard Florey
9. 1958 Unofficial visit to Washington Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
10. 1958 Breakfast at the Presidential Palace Fulgencio Batista
11. 1958 State visit to Moscow Gamal Abdel Nasser
12. 1958 Birth in Magoé District Luísa Diogo
13. 1958 Goodwill tour stop in Montevideo Richard Nixon
14. 1958 Third European Cup final Alfredo Di Stéfano
15. 1958 Stage illness in Stockholm Édith Piaf
16. 1958 Brazil World Cup preparation match Garrincha
17. 1958 Fiorentina friendly Garrincha
18. 1958 Indianapolis 500 practice Juan Manuel Fangio
19. 1958 Caracas motorcade attack Richard Nixon
20. 1958 National University of San Marcos visit Richard Nixon
21. 1958 Return to Algeria as prime minister Charles de Gaulle
22. 1958 1958 World Cup final Garrincha
23. 1958 World Cup debut Garrincha
24. 1958 Naval Academy graduation John McCain
25. 1958 Naval aviator training at Pensacola John McCain
26. 1958 Meets President Eisenhower Martin Luther King Jr.
27. 1958 Marries Winnie in Bizana Nelson Mandela
28. 1958 Benediction in Nidaros Cathedral Olav V
29. 1958 World Cup final Pelé
30. 1958 World Cup quarter-final goal Pelé
31. 1958 World Cup semi-final hat-trick Pelé
32. 1958 Birth at Mount Sinai Hospital Prince
33. 1958 Marriage in the Transkei Winnie Mandela
34. 1958 Settling at the Mandela home Winnie Mandela
35. 1958 Arrival in New York Yayoi Kusama
36. 1958 Battle of Las Mercedes Che Guevara
37. 1958 Consultations with Tito Gamal Abdel Nasser
38. 1958 Return to Nyasaland Hastings Banda
39. 1958 United States Day address at Brussels World's Fair Herbert Hoover
40. 1958 Independence speech before de Gaulle Ahmed Sékou Touré
41. 1958 Radio address in Dakar Ahmed Sékou Touré
42. 1958 Emergency leave to Memphis Elvis Presley
43. 1958 Congress leadership acclamation Hastings Banda
44. 1958 Born in Gary Michael Jackson
45. 1958 Faces formal Treason Trial Nelson Mandela
46. 1958 Second Geneva Atoms for Peace conference Hideki Yukawa
47. 1958 Third Pugwash Conference at Kitzbühel Hideki Yukawa
48. 1958 Third Pugwash Conference in Vienna Hideki Yukawa
49. 1958 Visit to Gangtok Jawaharlal Nehru
50. 1958 Stabbed at Harlem book signing Martin Luther King Jr.

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