1958

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Events

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January

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January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 4
- Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

February

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February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 2 – The Falcons aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Mitty Masud set a world record performing a 16 aircraft diamond loop in F-86 Sabres. 30,000 people àre in attendance including President Iskandar Ali Mirza, General Ayub Khan, Air Marshal Asghar Khan, Air Commodore Nur Khan, C-in-C Turkish Air Force Hamdullah Suphi Göker, Chief of the Iraqi Air Force Abdul Kadhim Abaddi, Chief of the Imperial Iranian Air Force and Chief Guest King Zahir Shah in whose honor the performance has been organized.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
February 5 – 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision: A U.S. B-47 bomber jettisons a hydrogen bomb into Wassaw Sound off Tybee Island, Georgia; it is never recovered.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
February 6 – Seven Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West Germany, on the return flight from a European Cup game in Yugoslavia. 23 people survive; manager Matt Busby and players Johnny Berry and Duncan Edwards are in a serious condition. Berry will never play again and Edwards dies a fortnight later, as does the co-pilot.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
February 11 – Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
February 14 – The Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan unite in the Arab Federation, with King Faisal II of Iraq as head of state.
February 23
- Cuban rebels kidnap five-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio, releasing him 28 hours later.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Arturo Frondizi is elected president of Argentina.
February 24 – In Cuba, Fidel Castro's Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra.
February 25 – Bertrand Russell launches the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the United Kingdom, initiated at a meeting called by Canon John Collins on January 15.<ref name=Marr>Template:Cite book</ref> The campaign peace symbol has been launched on 21 February by Gerald Holtom. Protests will focus on the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston.
February 28 – Prestonsburg bus disaster: One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurs in Kentucky when a school bus hits a truck and falls into a river, resulting in 27 deaths, 26 of them schoolchildren. Twenty-two others are rescued.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

March

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March 1 – Turkish passenger ship Template:SS capsizes and sinks in a sudden gale while crossing the Gulf of İzmit, Turkey; many of the 272 who die are teenage students.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 2 – A British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition team, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs, completes the first overland crossing of the Antarctic, using snowcat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams, in 99 days, via the South Pole.
March 8 – The Template:USS is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896 (she is recommissioned October 22, 1988).
March 11 – 1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident: A U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Without a fissile warhead, its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure six people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
March 17 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
March 19 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire occurs in New York, United States, killing 24 people.
March 26 – The 30th Academy Awards Ceremony takes place in Hollywood; The Bridge on the River Kwai wins 7 awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture.
March 27 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.

April

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April 1 – The Treaty of Angra de Cintra is signed by Spain and Morocco, ending the Spanish protectorate in Morocco.<ref name=Schwinghammer>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 3 – In Cuba, Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana.
April 13 – The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 (launched November 3, 1957) disintegrates during reentry from orbit.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 14 – Van Cliburn wins the International Tchaikovsky Competition for pianists in Moscow, easing Cold War tensions.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 17 – King Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the world's fair in Brussels, also known as Expo 58. The Atomium forms the centrepiece.
April 20 – The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup in ice hockey, after defeating the U.S. Boston Bruins in 6 games.
April 21 – United Airlines Flight 736 is involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force F-100F jet fighter over what becomes Enterprise, Nevada; all 49 persons in both aircraft are killed.
April 28 – A bomber flown by a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative in support of Indonesian Permesta rebels bombs the harbor at Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia, hitting an Indonesian naval corvette and two British oil tankers. In June, the Indonesian and British governments both claim that Indonesian rebels are responsible for such attacks, concealing the C.I.A.'s involvement.

May

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May 1
- Arturo Frondizi becomes President of Argentina.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- U.S. space scientist James van Allen announces the discovery of Earth's magnetosphere.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The Nordic Passport Union comes into force.
May 10 – Interviewed in the Chave d'Ouro café, when asked about his rival António de Oliveira Salazar, Humberto Delgado utters one of the most famous comments in Portuguese political history: "Obviamente, demito-o! (Obviously, I'll sack him!)".
May 12 – A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
May 13
- Crisis in France: French Algerian protesters seize government offices in Algiers, leading to a military coup.
- During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
May 15 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
May 18 – A U.S. Lockheed F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of Template:Convert.
May 20 – The Cuban government of Fulgencio Batista launches a counteroffensive against Castro's rebels.
May 22 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first American elected official to appear on color television.
May 28 – Real Madrid beats A.C. Milan 3–2 at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, and wins the 1957–58 European Cup in Association football.
May 30 – The bodies of unidentified United States soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns, in Arlington National Cemetery.

June

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June 1
- Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises to lead France by decree for 6 months.
- Iceland extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km).
June 4 – French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria.
June 16 – Imre Nagy and other leaders of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956 are hanged for treason, following secret trials.
June 20 – The iron barque Omega of Callao, Peru (built in Liverpool, 1887), the world's last full-rigged ship trading under sail alone, sinks on passage carrying guano from the Pachacamac Islands for Huacho.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 29 – Brazil beats Sweden 5–2 in the final game to win the football World Cup in Sweden.
June 30 – The 1957–58 Ifni War ends in Spanish Sahara.<ref name=Schwinghammer/>

July

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July 9 – 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 Template:M strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reaches Template:Convert on the rim of Lituya Bay.
July 12 – Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, the last Belgian governor prior to independence.
July 14 – July 14 Revolution in Iraq: King Faisal II and several family members are executed. Abd al-Karim Qasim assumes power.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 15 – 1958 Lebanon crisis: 5,000 United States Marines land in the Lebanese capital Beirut in support of the pro-Western government.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 24 – Fourteen life peerages, the first under the Life Peerages Act 1958, are created in the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 26
- Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom announces that she is giving her son Prince Charles the customary title for the heir apparent of Prince of Wales.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The announcement is made at the end of the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Cardiff.
July 29 – The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

August

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August 3 – The nuclear-powered submarine Template:USS becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 6
- Australian athlete Herb Elliott clips almost 3 seconds off the world record for the mile run at Santry Stadium, Dublin, recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.
- The Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, which outlawed the Communist Party of Chile and banned 26,650 persons from the electoral lists,<ref>Adam Feinstein, Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life url</ref> is repealed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 7 – 1958 East Pakistan-India border skirmishes, a skirmish between East Pakistan and the Indian Army in Laxmipur.
August 14 – KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, crashes into the Atlantic with 99 people aboard, all of whom are killed.<ref name=indo>City remembers memorial for 99 plane crash victims Template:Snd Irish Independent, 13 August 2008</ref>
August 17 – The first Thor-Able rocket is launched, carrying Pioneer 0, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17. The launch fails due to a first stage malfunction.
August 18 – Brojen Das from East Pakistan swims across the English Channel in a competition, the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He is first among 39 competitors.
August 21–October 15 – Illinois observes the centennial of the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
August 23 – The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army shelling the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) which is controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s Kuomintang forces.
August 26 – A general strike is called in Paraguay.
August 30–September 1 – Notting Hill race riots: Riots occur between blacks and whites in Notting Hill, London.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

September

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September 1 – The first Cod War begins between the United Kingdom and Iceland.
September 2
- Hendrik Verwoerd becomes the 6th Prime Minister of South Africa.
- China's first television broadcasts start at Beijing Television Station, a predecessor of China Central Television.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>　
September 4 – Jorge Alessandri is the winner of Chile's presidential election.
September 12 – Jack Kilby invents the first integrated circuit, while working at Texas Instruments.
September 14 – Two rockets designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr (the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere.
September 18 – BankAmericard, the first credit card to be widely offered, is launched in Fresno, California in what becomes known as the "Fresno Drop".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 27
- Typhoon Ida kills at least 1,269 people in Honshū, Japan.
- Hurricane Helene, the worst storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, reaches category 4 status.
September 28
- In the 1958 French constitutional referendum, a majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the Fifth Republic.
- Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, dies from injuries suffered in an incident of gay bashing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 30 – The U.S.S.R. performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya.

October

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October – GoldStar, predecessor of LG Electronics, is founded in South Korea.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 1
- Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League.
- The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty of Christmas Island from Singapore to Australia.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">Template:Cite book</ref>
- NASA starts operations and replaces the NACA in the United States.
October 2 – Guinea declares itself independent from France, rejecting that nation's new constitution.
October 4
- The new Constitution of France is signed into law, establishing the French Fifth Republic.
- The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) uses one of its new de Havilland Comet 4s, G-APDB, to make the first commercial transatlantic flight by a jet airliner, from London to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
October 11 – Pioneer 1, the second and most successful of the 3 project Able space probes, becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 17 – An Evening with Fred Astaire, the first television show recorded on color videotape, is broadcast on NBC in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 18 – Tennis for Two, a game invented by William Higinbotham and considered to be the first pure entertainment computer game,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Visitors' Day Exhibit in the United States.
October 26 – A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 makes its first transatlantic flight.
October 28 – Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII, as the 261st pope.

November

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November 3
- The new UNESCO building, World Heritage Centre, is inaugurated in Paris.
- Jorge Alessandri is sworn in as President of Chile.
November 10 – Harry Winston donates the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
November 18 – En route to Rogers City, Michigan, United States, the Lake freighter Template:SS breaks up and sinks in a storm on Lake Michigan; 33 of the 35 crewmen on board perish.
November 20 – The Jim Henson Company is founded as Muppets, Inc. in the United States.
November 22 – 1958 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by H.V. Evatt. This is the first election where television is used as a medium for communicating with voters. Evatt will eventually resign as Labor leader and will be replaced by his deputy Arthur Calwell.
November 25 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French colonial empire.
November 28 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire.
November 30 – Gaullists win the French parliamentary election.

December

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December 1
- Our Lady of the Angels School fire: 90 students and 3 nuns are killed in a fire in Chicago.
- Adolfo López Mateos takes office as President of Mexico.
December 14 – The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first ever to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.
December 15 – Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles H. Townes of Bell Laboratories publish a paper in Physical Review Letters setting out the principles of the optical laser.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
December 16
- A fire breaks out in the Vida Department Store in Bogotá, Colombia and kills 84 persons.
- Soviet polar pilot V. M. Perov on Li-2 rescues four Belgian polar explorers, led by Gaston de Gerlache, who have survived a plane crash in Antarctica 250 km from their base five days earlier.<ref>Rescue of Belgian Plane Crew in Antarctic, Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Year Information, January 16, 1959, U. S. Department of Commerce, pp. 18–19</ref>
December 18
- The United States launches SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.
- The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor makes the first true mid-air transition from vertical helicopter-type flight to fully level fixed-wing flight.
December 19 – A message from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is broadcast from the SCORE satellite.
December 21 – General Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France with 78.5% of the votes.
December 24 – 1958 BOAC Bristol Britannia crash: A BOAC Bristol Britannia (312 G-AOVD) crashes near Winkton, England, during a test flight, killing nine people. Three crew members survive.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
December 29 – Battle of Santa Clara: Rebel troops under Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara begin to invade Santa Clara, Cuba.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 30 – The Guatemalan Air Force fires on Mexican fishing boats which had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering the Mexico–Guatemala conflict.
December 31 – After the fall of Santa Clara, Cuban President Fulgencio Batista flees the country.

Undated

For the first time, the total of transatlantic passengers carried by air this year exceeds the total carried by sea.
Denatonium, the bitterest substance known, is discovered. It is used as an aversive agent in products such as bleach to reduce the risk of children drinking them.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

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January

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Boris Tadić

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Ellen DeGeneres

January 1
- Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American hip-hop/rap DJ
- Renn Woods, American actress, vocalist and songwriter
January 4 – Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor (Max Headroom)
January 6 – Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 7 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 8 – Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
January 9 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish militant, would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II
January 10 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 12 – Christiane Amanpour, British-born Iranian journalist and television host for CNN and PBS<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
January 15 – Boris Tadić, Serbian president<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 19 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant
January 21 – Hussein Saeed, Iraqi football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 24 – Jools Holland, British musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 26
- Anita Baker, American soul and R&B singer
- Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian and television host<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

February

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Ice-T

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Andriy Bal

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Kais Saied

February 8
- Marina Silva, Brazilian politician
- Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
February 9 – Cyrille Regis, English footballer (d. 2018)
February 10
- Michael Weiss, Jazz pianist and composer
- Ricardo Gareca, Argentine footballer and manager
February 13 – Pernilla August, Swedish actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February 15 – Shaun Toub, Iranian born-American actor<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
February 16
- Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter and actor
- Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (d. 2014)
February 19 – Leslie David Baker, American actor
February 21
- Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 22
- Kais Saied, President of Tunisia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February 26
- Susan Helms, American astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Tim Kaine, US Senator
February 27 – Maggie Hassan, US Senator
February 28 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

March

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Miranda Richardson

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Sharon Stone

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Albert II, Prince of Monaco

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Holly Hunter

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Gary Oldman

March 3 – Miranda Richardson, English actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 4
- Patricia Heaton, American actress<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- Tina Smith, US Senator
March 5 – Andy Gibb, English singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (d. 1988)
March 7
- Rik Mayall, English comedian and actor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Gregory Markkanen, American politician and member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2019
March 8 – Gary Numan, British singer
March 10
- Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
- Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1998)
March 14 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress
March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker
March 24 – Roland Koch, German politician
March 26 – Hala Fouad, Egyptian actress (d. 1993)
March 28
- Bart Conner, American gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
March 30 – Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and comedian
March 31 – Dietmar Bartsch, German politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

April

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Alec Baldwin

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Andie MacDowell

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Luis Guillermo Solís

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Michelle Pfeiffer

April 3 – Alec Baldwin, American actor
April 4
- Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
- Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai billionaire businessman (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April 6 – Pascal Lecamp, French politician<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
April 12 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian athlete
April 14 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor
April 15 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2023)
April 21
- Andie MacDowell, American actress
- Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan) (d. 2009)
April 24 – Susan Tsvangirai, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April 25 – Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mike DeVault, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April 26 – Giancarlo Esposito, Italian-American actor
April 29 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

May

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Marie Fredriksson

May 3 – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster
May 4 – Keith Haring, American artist (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 10
- Rick Santorum, American politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut, first Hispanic woman to go into space
May 11 – Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>"5月11日は「異邦人」久保田早紀の誕生日". News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 May 2018.</ref>
May 12 – Dries van Noten, Belgian designer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 19 – Jenny Durkan, American attorney, federal prosecutor and politician
May 20 – Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 23
- Drew Carey, American comedian and actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress and jazz singer
May 25 – Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter
May 26 – Margaret Colin, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 27 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
May 29
- Annette Bening, American actress
- Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 30 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

June

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Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi

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Prince

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Rosa Mota

June 1 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
June 2 – Lex Luger, American professional wrestler<ref name="LugerWCW">Template:Cite web</ref>
June 3 – Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, German bishop
June 5 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comoroan businessman and politician, President of Comoros 2006–2011<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 7 – Prince, African-American musician (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June 10 – Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 14
- Eric Heiden, American speed skater with five Olympic gold medals
- Olaf Scholz, 9th Chancellor of Germany
June 15 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
June 18 – Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
June 19 – Sergei Makarov, Russian ice-hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Ice hockey stats</ref>
June 22
- Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 24 – Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 25 – Serik Akhmetov, 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
June 27 – Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer<ref>Template:BLF</ref>
June 29 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 30
- Ziggy Rozalski, Polish American boxing manager and promoter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Irina Vorobieva, Russian pair skater
- Vasil Yakusha, Belarusian rower

July

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Kevin Bacon

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Wong Kar-wai

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Kate Bush

July 1 – Tom Magee, Canadian world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor
July 2 – Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
July 5
- Avigdor Lieberman, Soviet-born Israeli politician
- Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, British comedian and actress<ref>Editors at The Times. Birthdays Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore The Times. Retrieved 5 October 2007.</ref>
July 7 – Michala Petri, Danish recorder player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 8
- Kevin Bacon, American actor
- Neetu Singh, Indian actress
- Jackson Anthony, Sri Lankan actor (d. 2023)
July 10 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 11 – Hugo Sánchez, Mexican football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
July 14
- Jujie Luan, Chinese-Canadian fencer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Scott Rudin, American producer
July 15 – Jörg Kachelmann, Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
July 16 – Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 17 – Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong second wave filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 19 – Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
July 20 – Billy Mays, American television salesperson (d. 2009)
July 27 – Christopher Dean, British ice dancer and Olympian
July 28 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
July 30 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
July 31 – Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

August

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Angela Bassett

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Anne L'Huillier

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Madonna

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Michael Jackson

August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
August 5 – Andriy Fedetskyi, Ukrainian football player (d. 2018)
August 7 – Bruce Dickinson, English musician (Iron Maiden)
August 10 – Rami Hamdallah, Palestinian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 16
- Angela Bassett, African-American actress
- Anne L'Huillier, French-born atomic physicist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Madonna, American-born singer-songwriter and actress
August 17 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer
August 18
- Reg E. Cathey, African-American actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Madeleine Stowe, American actress
August 19 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 22 – Colm Feore, American-born Canadian actor<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
August 25 – Tim Burton, American film director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 27 – Kathy Hochul, American politician, Governor of New York<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 29
- Michael Jackson, African-American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2009)
- Sir Lenny Henry, English comedian and actor

September

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Janez Janša

September 2 – Zdravko Krivokapić, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Montenegro<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 6 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor and author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 10 – Chris Columbus, American film director/writer/producer
September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian/American actress
September 17 – Janez Janša, 2-Time Prime Minister of Slovenia
September 18 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September 19 – Lita Ford, British musician<ref>"Lita Ford." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 1993. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 24 August 2011.</ref>
September 22
- Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
- Joan Jett, American rock musician
September 24 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
September 27 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer

October

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Ned Luke

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Viggo Mortensen

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Scott Hall

October 3 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
October 4 – Ned Luke, American actor
October 5 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and science communicator
October 7 – Bernardo Arévalo, president of Guatemala<ref>Bernardo Arevalo: Guatemala’s next president defies odds to face greater ones</ref>
October 8 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician, President of the European Commission<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 10 – Tanya Tucker, American singer
October 13
- Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Maria Cantwell, US Senator
October 14 – Thomas Dolby, English musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 16 – Tim Robbins, American actor and film director<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
October 18 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer
October 20
- Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Scott Hall, American professional wrestler (d. 2022)
October 25 – Kornelia Ender, German swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 26 – Pascale Ogier, French actress (d. 1984)
October 27 – Simon Le Bon, English rock singer
October 28 – Raúl Pellegrin, Chilean revolutionary, leader of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (d. 1988)
October 31 – Jeannie Longo, French cyclist

November

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Jamie Lee Curtis

November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor
November 7 – Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician and deputy Prime Minister of Russia
November 12 – Megan Mullally, American actress, singer and media personality
November 16
- Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kyrgyzstan
- Marg Helgenberger, American actress
November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
November 18
- Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-born Israeli footballer and manager<ref>"Daniel Brailovsky", realidadamericanista.com.</ref>
- Oscar Nunez, American actor, comedian
November 22
- Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor
November 28 – Tanya Harford, South African tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November 29 – John Mahama, President of Ghana

December

December 1
- Gary Peters, US Senator
- Charlene Tilton, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Javier Aguirre, Mexican football player and manager<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 6 – Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator
December 7 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
December 8 – Arlette Sombo-Dibélé, Central African lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
December 10 – Cornelia Funke, German author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
December 11 – Nikki Sixx, American rock musician
December 12 – Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
December 25
- Dimi Mint Abba, Mauritanian musician and singer (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
December 29 – Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player
December 31 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress

Other

Vincenzo de Cotiis, artist and designer<ref name="Bony">Template:Cite book</ref>

Deaths

January

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Petru Groza

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Prince Oskar of Prussia

January 1 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)<ref>Conger, Amy (1992). Edward Weston – Photographs From the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography. Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1992. Page 45. Template:ISBN</ref>
January 7 – Petru Groza, Romanian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1884)
January 8
- Mary Colter, American architect (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)
January 13
- Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
January 19 – Cândido Rondon, Brazilian military officer (b. 1865)
January 20 – Ataúlfo Argenta, Spanish conductor and pianist (b. 1913)
January 27 – Prince Oskar of Prussia (b. 1888)
January 30 – Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer and manufacturer (b. 1888)

February

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Clinton Davisson

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Roger Byrne

February 1 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
February 6 – Manchester United footballers killed in Munich air disaster
- Geoff Bent (b. 1932)
- Roger Byrne (b. 1929)
- Eddie Colman (b. 1936)
- Mark Jones (b. 1933)
- David Pegg (b. 1935)
- Frank Swift (b. 1913)
- Tommy Taylor (b. 1932)
- Liam "Billy" Whelan (b. 1935)
February 10 – Nezihe Muhiddin, Turkish suffragette and journalist (b. 1889)
February 11 – Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite DWB</ref>
February 13
- Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Georges Rouault, French painter (b. 1871)
February 21
- Henryk Arctowski, Polish scientist and explorer (b. 1871)
- Duncan Edwards English footballer, died from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster (b. 1936)
February 27 – Harry Cohn, American film producer (b. 1891)

March

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Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

March 1 – Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 6 – Anton Reinthaller, Austrian politician (b. 1895)<ref>Anton Reinthaller (1895 – 1958)</ref>
March 11 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founder of The Lego Group (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 12 – Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (b. 1878)
March 22 – Mike Todd, American film director, in aviation accident (b. 1907)
March 23 – Florian Znaniecki, Polish philosopher and sociologist (b, 1882)
March 28 – W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer (b. 1873)

April

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Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria

April 2
- Willie Maley, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1868)
- Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (b. 1900)
April 5 – Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1884)
April 8 – Alcibíades Arosemena, Panamanian politician, 15th President of Panama (b. 1883)
April 15 – Estelle Taylor, American actress (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
April 16 – Rosalind Franklin, English crystallographer (b. 1920)
April 17 – Rita Montaner, Cuban singer, pianist and actress (b. 1900)
April 18 – Maurice Gamelin, French general (b. 1872)
April 19 – Billy Meredith, Welsh footballer (b. 1874)

May

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Ronald Colman

May 2 – Henry Cornelius, South African-born director (b. 1913)
May 5 – James Branch Cabell, American writer (b. 1879)
May 9 – Koshirō Oikawa, Japanese admiral (b. 1883)
May 19
- Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
- Marie Pujmanová, Czechoslovak poet and novelist (b. 1893)
- Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
May 20 – Frédéric François-Marsal, 59th Prime Minister of France (b. 1874)
May 26 – Constantin Cantacuzino, Romanian aviator (b. 1905)
May 29 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

June

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Kurt Alder

June 9 – Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)
June 16
- Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (b. 1896)
- Nereu Ramos, Brazilian politician, 20th President of Brazil (b. 1888)
June 18 – Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (b. 1900)<ref>Douglas Jardine England</ref>
June 20 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
June 24 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)

July

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King Faisal II of Iraq

July 5 – Patriarch Vikentije II (b. 1890)
July 14 (killed during coup d'état):
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- 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince of Iraq (b. 1913; assassinated)<ref name="Dougherty2019"/>
- Ibrahim Hashem, Jordanian lawyer and politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1888)
July 15
- Nuri al-Said, Iraqi politician, 7th Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1888)
- Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
July 17 – Henri Farman, French aviator and aircraft company founder (b. 1874)
July 22 – Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian and Soviet writer and satirist (b. 1894)
July 25 – Harry Warner, American studio executive (b. 1881)
July 27 – Claire Lee Chennault, American aviator and general, leader of the Flying Tigers (b. 1893)