| 4th January 1958 | ‘Sputnik 1’, which had been launched on 4th October 1957, falls to Earth from its orbit. |
| 6th February 1958 | Twenty-three people are killed in the Munich air disaster , including eight Manchester United football players. |
| 23rd February 1958 | Cuban rebels kidnap five-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio, releasing him twenty-eight hours later. Fangio becomes good friends with his captors. |
| 2nd March 1958 | A British team led by Sir Vivian Fuchs completes the first crossing of the Antarctic, in Snow-cat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams. Their journey takes just ninety-nine days in total. |
| 24th March 1958 | The American Army inducts Elvis Presley, transforming ‘The King Of Rock and Roll’ into U.S. Private #53310761. |
| 4-7th April 1958 | Demonstrators demand that nuclear weapons are banned in the first protest march for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The march begins in Hyde Park and finishes in Aldermaston, Berkshire. |
| 18th May 1958 | An ‘F-104 Starfighter’ sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h). |
| 29th June 1958 | Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 to win the 1958 FIFA World Cup. |
| 10th July 1958 | The first parking meters are installed in Britain. |
| 17th July 1958 | British paratroopers arrive in Jordan; King Hussein had asked for help against pressure from Iraq. |
| 24th July 1958 | The first life peerage is created in Britain. |
| 26th July 1958 | The Queen gives her son, Charles, the title of Prince of Wales. |
| 30th August 1958 | Riots between blacks and whites begin in Notting Hill. They continue until 1st September. |
| 1st September 1958 | The first Cod War begins between the United Kingdom and Iceland. |
| 28th October 1958 | Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII as the 261st pope. |
| 5th December 1958 | Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by the Queen, when she dials a call from Bristol to Edinburgh and speaks to the Lord Provost. |
| 5th December 1958 | The United Kingdom's first motorway, The Preston bypass, opens to traffic for the first time. This stretch is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways. |
| 21st December 1958 | General Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France with 78.5% of the votes. |