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June 1, 1958

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Notable Births

Nambaryn Enkhbayar

1958Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia[†]

Nambaryn Enkhbayar is a Mongolian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, as Chairman of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2005, and as President of Mongolia from 2005 to 2009. He is the first person to have held all of the top three positions in the Mongolian government. He was the chairman of the Mongolian People’s Party from 1997 to 2005 and head of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party from 2010 to 2021. His eldest son, Batshugar Enkhbayar is a member of the State Great Khural from Mongolian People's Party. Due to his corruption scandal he is regarded as the godfather of corruption in Mongolian politics by the public media.

1958Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (died 2019)[†]

Gennadiy Valyukevich was a triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Belarus. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.

Historical Events

Charles de Gaulle

1958Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.[†]

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. In 1958, amid the Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement when appointed Prime Minister by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969.

Historical Context for June 1, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]