About the day » Saturday May 3, 1958Calender converter

• Ellen Dijkstra († 2017)
• Deborah Lyn Anderson, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada († 1980)
• Aart(Arie) Siebrand, Kampen,Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1958)
• Lorna May Elliott, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England († 2008)
• Gerritje Catharina Maria Puijk, Laren († 2006)
• Johanna Maria Verhaas († 2019)
• Hansje Jansje Maria BUNSCHOTEN, Hilversum, 4624, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Benny Matheeuwsens († 1987)
• Maria Antonia Bernadette Groot Zwaaftink, Raalte († 1958)
• Maria Petronella Kroon, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)

• Albertine Wilhelmina Fredriksz (77), Hollandia/Jajapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesië
• Bertha Marie Schiff (75), Den Dolder
• Clara Calista Deloney (85), Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Simon Correljé (66), ´s Gravenhage
• Bernarda Reindina Wilhelmina Jansen (33), Winterswijk
• Cornelis Broeksma (52), Amsterdam
• Berthe Louise Elise de Senarclens de Grancy (67), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Albert van Van Noorel (53), Heerde
• Christopher Cleveland Hollingsworth (70), Williamson, Texas, United States
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Noort (59), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » Stephen D. M. Brown, British geneticist
• 1956 » Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1957 » Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 » Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator
• 1958 » Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster
• 1959 » Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 » David Ball, English keyboard player and producer
• 1959 » Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• 1960 » Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator

• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
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.
• February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
• May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
• October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
• November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
• November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
• December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.

The temperature on May 3, 1958 was between 4.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.