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October 14, 1958

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Notable Births

Thomas Dolby

1958Thomas Dolby, English singer-songwriter and producer[โ€ ]

Thomas Morgan Robertson, known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.

Notable Deaths

Douglas Mawson

1958Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (born 1882)[โ€ ]

Sir Douglas Mawson was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Nikolay Zabolotsky

1958Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (born 1903)[โ€ ]

Nikolay Alekseyevich Zabolotsky was a prominent Soviet and Russian poet and translator.

Historical Context for October 14, 1958

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