* Albert G. Ingalls ( 1888 – 1958 ), editor of Amateur Telescope Making, Vols.

* John M. Pierce ( 1886 – 1958 ) was one of the founders of the Springfield Telescope Makers.

* Atlas, a van made by the Standard Motor Company ( UK ) 1958 – 62

* 1958 – Will Sergeant, English guitarist ( Echo & the Bunnymen and Electrafixion )

* 1958 – Howard Stableford, English actor and host

* 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter

* 1958 – Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and actor

* 1958 – Sergei Krikalev, Russian astronaut

* 1958 – Tom Lanoye, Belgian author

* 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player ( DeBarge )

* 1958 – Amanda Bearse, American actress

* 1958 – James Lileks, American columnist

* 1889 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal ( d. 1958 )

* 1958 – David Feherty, Irish golfer

* 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, Irish singer ( The Undertones )

* 1958 – Randy Shughart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1993 )

Australia won 4 – 0 in 1958 – 59, having found a high-quality spinner of their own in new skipper Richie Benaud, who took 31 wickets in the five-Test series, and paceman Alan Davidson, who took 24 wickets at 19. 00.

* 1958 – Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer

* 1958 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter ( 10, 000 Maniacs ) ( d. 2000 )

* 1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian skier

* 1958 – Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer ( Doll Congress )

* 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player

* 1958 – The nuclear submarine travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.

* 1878 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner ( d. 1958 )

Established on February 1, 1958, as a first step towards a pan-Arab state, the UAR was created when a group of political and military leaders in Syria proposed a merger of the two states to Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Gamal Abdel Nasser with Ba ' ath Party founders Michel Aflaq ( left ) and Salah al-Din al-Bitar ( right ) in 1958 )

However, by 1958, he was an outspoken opponent of President Gamal Abdel Nasser and stopped him from receiving weapons from the United States.

He quickly rose to stardom, appearing in over 20 Egyptian productions including Ayyamna el helwa with singer Abdel Halim Hafez, La anam in 1958, Sayedat el kasr in 1959 and the Anna Karenina adaptation Nahr el hub in 1961.

In 1958 the Kataeb was the key actor in confronting the coup influenced by pan-Arabists led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the ephemeral United Arab Republic ( Egypt, Syria and Yemen ), and succeeded in maintaining Lebanon ’ s independence and liberal identity.

# In 1958 the Kataeb and its allies confronted the coup d ’ état by the United Arab Republic under the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser and succeeded in maintaining Lebanon ’ s independence and liberal identity.

Egypt ian president Gamal Abdel Nasser signing unity pact with Syria n president Shukri al-Quwatli, forming the United Arab Republic, February 1958

In February 1958, Syria and Egypt decided to unite under the leadership of president Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the two countries became provinces of the United Arab Republic ( UAR ).

In 1958 the union of Egypt and Syria was led by Gamal Abdel Nasser and the United Arab Republic was founded.

The Christian president of Lebanon, pressured by Muslims to join Egypt and Syria in the Gamal Abdel Nasser-led United Arab Republic, requested help from the Eisenhower administration during the 1958 Lebanon crisis.

The Iraqi monarchy, represented by King Feisal the Second, was toppled in 1958 in a bloody coup led by Abdel Karim Qasim, driven by months of intensive radio propaganda by Egyptian President Nasser ’ s Voice of the Arabs.

Hanna Batatu, a notable historian of modern Arab politics, speculates that he must have been aware, and perhaps approved of, the participation of a Communist general in the Syrian delegation which persuaded Gamal Abdel Nasser to proceed to the creation of the United Arab Republic which combined Syria and Egypt in 1958.

After the treaty of union between Syria and Egypt in 1958 al-Hawrani became Vice-President of the United Arab Republic ( UAR ) under Gamal Abdel Nasser, a post he held until 1959.

In large part representing the popularity Nasser had gained among the masses in the Arab world following the Suez crisis, the United Arab Republic ( UAR ) in 1958 was the first case of the actual merger of two previously independent Arab countries.

When Bizri led a second Syrian delegation composed of military officers on January 11, 1958, and personally discouraged Syro-Egyptian unity, Nasser opted for a total merger.

Nasser signing unity pact with Syria n president Shukri al-Quwatli, forming the United Arab Republic, February 1958

In the fall of 1958, Nasser formed a tripartite committee, consisting of Zakaria Mohieddine, al-Hawrani, and Bitar to oversee the affairs in Syria.

" Although Nasser initially turned them down, suggesting that it would take a minimum of five years to establish a feasible political union, he became more afraid of a Communist takeover when the second Syrian delegation composed of military officers was led by Bizri on 11 January 1958 ; Bizri personally discouraged Syro-Egyptian unity.

Afterward, Nasser opted for a total merger and the resulting United Arab Republic ( UAR ) came into being on 1 February 1958.

Nasser and Vice President Akram al-Hawrani ( to Nasser's right ) meeting with the President of Lebanon Fuad Chehab ( across from al-Hawrani ) and Prime Minister Takieddin el-Solh ( to Chehab's right ) at the Lebanese-Syrian border to negotiate an end to the 1958 Lebanon crisis | civil strife in Lebanon, 1958

In the fall of 1958, Nasser formed a tripartite committee, consisting of Mohieddine, al-Hawrani, and Salah al-Din Bitar to oversee developments in Syria.

Other Arab nationalist-led coups influenced by Nasser included those that occurred in Iraq in July 1958 and Syria in 1963.

* Nasser Asphalt ( 1958 )

Lebanese Sunni Prime Minister Rashid Karami supported Nasser in 1956 and 1958.

But his Lebanese Sunni Muslim Prime Minister Rashid Karami supported Nasser in 1956 and 1958.

* Nasser Asphalt ( 1958 )

The Soviet Union welcomes Nasser in 1958