1958

«	1958	»

The year 1958 (MCMLVIII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by twenty-six years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Non-Fiction

Events

August

• August 29 — The Fly, the movie that would later inspire the Vintage Horror Movie Series Fly character is released.

October

• October 1 — Electronics manufacturer and game publisher LG Electronics is founded in South Korea under the name GoldStar.

Births

• ??? — Masumi Kaneda, Brynne Chandler Reaves

January

• January 1 — Jordi Royo
• January 6 — Yasuhiko Nemoto
• January 11 — Raffaele Farina
• January 31 — Vadim Gushchin

February

• February 1 — Ryō Horikawa
• February 8 — Kevin Nowlan
• February 15 — Xuan Xiaoming

March

• March 30 — Maurice LaMarche

April

• April 1 — Robert Missler
• April 10 — François Berland
• April 14 — Pasquale Anselmo

May

• May 12 — Tony Oliver
• May 30 — Ted McGinley
• May 31 — Mitchell Amundsen

June

• June 14 — Chantal Baril
• June 17 — Kerry Shale
• June 20 — Teiyū Ichiryūsai
• June 22 — José Luis Orozco
• June 24 — Yoku Shioya

July

• July 2 — Evan Somers

August

• August 2 — Show Hayami
• August 5 — Éric Legrand
• August 12 — Déborah Perret
• August 14 — Junichi Inoue
• August 16 - Angela Bassett
• August 29 - Michael Jackson

September

• September 2 — Colin Murdoch, Eduardo Fonseca
• September 3 — Kevin Kiner
• September 8 — Mitsuru Miyamoto
• September 15 — Drew Pillsbury
• September 17 — Sander de Heer
• September 19 — Johnny Sanchez
• September 29 — Seiichi Kyōda

October

• October 1 — Don Daley
• October 6 — Michael Carlin
• October 7 — Katsuhiro Kitagawa
• October 10 — Hiroyuki Hayashi
• October 17 — John Nielsen
• October 27 — Simon Le Bon
• October 28 — Ruth Toscano

November

• November 10 — Peter Tomaszewicz
• November 14 — Francesco Pannofino
• November 22 — Klaus-Peter Grap
• November 30 — Shinya Fukumatsu

December

• December 23 — Vittorio Guerrieri
• December 27 — Takashi Tsushimi