* 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 )

* Charles E. McConnell, mayor of Springhill, Louisiana, from 1954 to 1958, twice unsuccesssful candidate for the Louisiana House of Representatives, graduate of Rayville High School

Another Long confidante, former legislator Drayton Boucher of Springhill and later Baton Rouge, was named as interim " custodian of voting machines " from 1958 – 1959, only to be replaced by still another ally, Douglas Fowler of Coushatta, who won the position when it became an elective office in 1960.

* Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster

Even the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, itself the victim of mining disasters in 1956 and 1958, sent 2 tons of food aid.

Mine shed at Springhill, NSThe term Springhill mining disaster can refer to any of three separate Canadian mining disasters which occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coalfield, near the town of Springhill in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Mine entrance in Springhill, NS. The 1958 Bump which occurred on October 23, 1958 was the most severe " bump " ( underground earthquake ) in North American mining history.

The 1958 Bump devastated the people of Springhill for the casualties they suffered ; it also devastated the town, as the coal industry had been its economic lifeblood.

The Town of Springhill was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Heroism recognizing the community involvement needed to save the surviving miners in 1958.

American folksinger Peggy Seeger and English singer Ewan McColl composed " The Ballad of Springhill " based on the 1958 disaster.

In 2008, Brian Vardigans wrote a song entitled " Springhill " that was sung at the 50th anniversary ceremonies for the victims of the 1958 Bump on 23 October 2008.

It was Canada's worst mining disaster since 1958, when a cave-in at another Nova Scotia coal mine in Springhill claimed the lives of 75 miners.

In 1958, Griffin, who was a segregationalist and accused of being racist, took advantage of the intense media coverage surrounding the Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada to promote tourism to his state by offering a group of survivors free vacations to Jekyll Island.

The provincial government named the length of the highway between the New Brunswick border and the Canso Causeway the Miner's Memorial Highway on 8 September 2008 one month before the 50th anniversary of the Springhill Mining Disaster of 23 October 1958.

Coal mined at Joggins during the first decades of the 20th century primarily fed two electrical generating stations near Maccan, however these plants were outdated by the 1950s and the mines closed shortly after the Springhill Mining Disaster in 1958.

* Stanrock Mine ( 1958 – 1960 and 1964 – 1985 ), operated by Denison Mines Ltd., produced 6. 4 million tons of ore.

Mining in Mine 1b was terminated in 1958, but operation in Mine 5 started the following year.

Their most successful release was " Tell Me You're Mine ," which had sold over one million copies by 1958.

The most successful of her records was a 1958 album collaboration with Tito Puente titled Be Mine Tonight.