Born in 1958

What things cost in 1958

1958 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1958 has the CPI alone.

Who was in charge in 1958

United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower (President)

United Kingdom

Elizabeth II (Queen); Harold Macmillan (Prime minister)

Soviet Union

Nikita Khrushchev (General Secretary); Kliment Voroshilov (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet); Nikolai Bulganin, then Nikita Khrushchev (Chairman of the Council of Ministers)

People's Republic of China

Mao Zedong (Chairman; Paramount Leader); Mao Zedong (Chairman); Zhou Enlai (Premier)

French Fourth Republic

René Coty (President); Félix Gaillard, then Pierre Pflimlin, then Charles de Gaulle (Prime minister)

East Germany

Wilhelm Pieck (President); Otto Grotewohl (Chairman)

West Germany

Theodor Heuss (President); Konrad Adenauer (Chancellor)

Japan

Hirohito (Emperor); Nobusuke Kishi (Prime minister)

Republic of India

Rajendra Prasad (President); Jawaharlal Nehru (Prime minister)

From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1958 →

No. 1 songs of 1958

1. “Poor Little Fool” — Ricky Nelson (2 weeks)
2. “Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)” — Domenico Modugno (5 weeks)
3. “Little Star” — The Elegants (1 week)
4. “It's All in the Game” — Tommy Edwards (6 weeks)
5. “It's Only Make Believe” — Conway Twitty (2 weeks)
6. “Tom Dooley” — The Kingston Trio (1 week)
7. “To Know Him Is to Love Him” — The Teddy Bears (3 weeks)
8. “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)” — The Chipmunks with David Seville (2 weeks)

Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1958, from List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958 (Wikipedia revision 1335496105).

Famous people born in 1958

• August 29 – Michael Jackson, African-American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2009) source
• August 16 – Madonna, American-born singer-songwriter and actress source
• December 24 – Michael Flynn, American lieutenant general and former U.S. national security advisor source
• May 10 – Rick Santorum, American politician source
• 31 August – Éric Zemmour, political journalist and author source
• February 8 – Sherri Martel, professional wrestler (died 2007) source
• June 14 – Olaf Scholz, 9th Chancellor of Germany source
• October 8 - Ursula von der Leyen, politician source
• 30 July – Kate Bush, art pop singer-songwriter source
• 22 September – Andrea Bocelli, tenor source
• December 29 – Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player source
• July 31 – Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner source
• September 29 — Jahna Steele, American entertainer and showgirl (died 2008) source
• March 24 – Roland Koch, German politician source
• January 6 – Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player source

What happened in 1958

• January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. source
• January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. source
• January 4 – Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. source
• February 24 – In Cuba, Fidel Castro's Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra. source
• January 4 – Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. source
• 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. source
• 6 February – Jackie Blanchflower, capped 12 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, survives the Munich air disaster involving Manchester United on the return flight from a European Cup tie in Yugoslavia. Jackie (younger brother of Tottenham Hotspur's Danny Blanchflower) has won two league champions in England with United since his debut for them in 1951, but his injuries are severe and he is forced to abandon the game in the coming year. source
• 18 February – Finance minister of India T. T. Krishnamachari resigns following M. C. Chagla Commission report on Haridas Mundhra LIC scandal. source