A Wednesday
Born on October 1, 1958?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dog
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
68 years
Famous people born on October 1, 1958
You Xie
Chinese-German politician and writer
Abdi Farah Shirdon
Prime Minister of Somalia
Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
17th Prime Minister of Somalia
Héctor Abad Faciolince
Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist and editor (born 1958)
Roger Ruud
Norwegian ski jumper
Yohana Yembise
Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Indonesia
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 1, 1958 was a Wednesday. Someone born on October 1, 1958 is a Libra. Someone born on October 1, 1958 is 68 years old today and has lived about 24,872 days. People born in 1958 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 1
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

El Greco
1541 · Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect

Vladimir Horowitz
1903 · Russian/Ukrainian and American pianist

Chen-ning Yang
1922 · Chinese physicist

Julie Andrews
1935 · British actress, singer and author (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1958
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 69
- “Born in 1958” gifts
- Wine from 1958
- Books about 1958
- A newspaper from 1958
- Coin set from 1958
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Questions about October 1, 1958
- What day of the week was October 1, 1958?
- October 1, 1958 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 1, 1958?
- Someone born on October 1, 1958 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 1, 1958?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 1, 1958 falls in the year of the Earth Dog.
- How old is someone born on October 1, 1958?
- Someone born on October 1, 1958 is 68 years old today and has lived about 24,872 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1958?
- People born in 1958 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 1, 1958?
- On October 1, 1958 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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