About the day » Saturday March 8, 1958Calender converter

• Alphie Mae Cook, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States († 2011)
• Arjen de Pagter († 2020)
• John Robert Bodkin, Albany, Clinton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Johanna Fennechiena Henderika Cornelia Schut, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Gerard Janssen, Venray, Limburg, Netherlands († 1958)
• John Herbert Roerink, Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Paulus Harry Alphonsus de Rooij, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• N.n. Meijers, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• henrica johanna maria christina (henriette) slaats, helden-grashoek
• Otto Visser, Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1971)

• Christian Hugo Buchheit (61), Perryville, Perry, Missouri, United States
• Adolf Mook (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Gijsberta Vermeulen (60), Delft, Nederland
• Berendina Geertruida ten Asbroek (68), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• antje dam (79), Grootebroek
• Adriana Buurmans (78), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Bertha Dewaele (66), Veurne
• Antonetta Frijters, Etten-Leur
• Antje Pietersdr Dam (79), Grootebroek
• Adrianus van de NADORT (64), Mijdrecht

• 1956 » David Malpass, American economist and government official
• 1956 » Laurie Cunningham, English footballer († 1989)
• 1957 » Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
• 1957 » Clive Burr, English rock drummer († 2013)
• 1957 » William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer
• 1958 » Andy McDonald, English lawyer and politician
• 1958 » Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Aidan Quinn, Irish-American actor
• 1959 » Lester Holt, American journalist and news anchor
• 1960 » Jeffrey Eugenides, American author and academic

• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1945)
• 1975 » George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. Johan
13. John
14. David
15. Michael
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
• March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
• March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
• June 17 » The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others.
• July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
• November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

The temperature on March 8, 1958 was between -2.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.