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Tunisia reptdly sees rebel 'blunder,'
Cardinals fail to elect pope in 4 ballots; crowds and Vatican misled twice by smoke signal; illus
Castro, referring to State Dept views on kidnappings, warns US to stay out of rebellion, radio s; charges Amb Smith plots with Batista to provoke US intervention; calls evacuation part of plot; Brit fighter planes and other arms reach Havana; arrests and searches by police increase in various areas
Vatican sources see Roncalli, Valeri, Masella and Agagianian leading candidates; see 'transition' Pope elected
1958Gordon Cowans, English footballer[†]
Gordon Sidney Cowans is an English retired football player and coach.
1958David Hazeltine, American pianist and composer[†]
David Perry Hazeltine is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator.
1958Simon Le Bon, English singer-songwriter[†]
Simon John Charles Le Bon is an English singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia. Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. He also received an MBE from Charles III in 2024.
1958Jonathan Shapiro, South African political cartoonist who uses the pseudonym Zapiro[†]
Jonathan Shapiro is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, director of Marvin's Magic.
1958Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (died 2009)[†]
Felix Wurman was an American cellist and composer.
1958Donnell Thompson, American football player (died 2024)[†]
Larry Donnell Thompson was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Thompson played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
1958Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.[†]
The 1958 Pakistani military coup was the first military coup in Pakistan that took place on 27 October 1958. It resulted in the toppling of Iskander Ali Mirza, the president of Pakistan, by Muhammad Ayub Khan, the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]