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

January

• January 31 — Vadim Gushchin

February

• February 1 — Ryō Horikawa

March

• March 30 — Maurice LaMarche

April

• April 12 — Tony Oliver

May

• May 30 — Ted McGinley
• May 31 — Mitchell Amundsen

June

• June 20 — Teiyū Ichiryūsai
• June 22 — José Luis Orozco
• June 24 — Yoku Shioya

August

• August 2 — Show Hayami
• August 14 — Junichi Inoue

September

• September 2 — Colin Murdoch
• September 3 — Kevin Kiner
• September 17 — Sander de Heer

October

• October 1 — Don Daley
• October 6 — Michael Carlin
• October 10 — Hiroyuki Hayashi
• October 17 — John Nielsen

November

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

December

• December 27 — Takashi Tsushimi

Undated

• ???? — Masumi Kaneda, Kevin Nowlan