1958 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1958; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

Events from the year 1958 in Romania. The year saw the end of the Soviet occupation of Romania with the last Soviet troops leaving the country.

Incumbents

20 February – A Hungarian delegation, including János Kádár, visits Romania. They make explicit that Hungary has no territorial claims over Hungarian-speaking part of the country.^[4]
27 May – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev declares that Soviet troops will withdraw from Romania.^[5]
6 June – The start of a three-day trial of four students who organised a conference to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the crowning of Stephen the Great. They are found guilty and imprisoned until 1964.^[6]
21 July – In response to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Great National Assembly passes Decree 318, stating that contacting foreigners to declare Romania neutral carries the death penalty.^[7]
25 July – The last Soviet troops leave Romania, ending the Soviet occupation.^[8]
14 November – Romania establishes its first diplomatic relations at the embassy level with a sub-Saharan country, Guinea.^[9]
Unknown – The last Csángós school is closed as part of the Romanianization of Western Moldavia.^[10]

Ciulinii Bărăganului, a Franco-Romanian film directed by Louis Daquin and Gheorghe Vitanidis, based on a novel of the same title by Panait Istrati, was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.^[11]

10 February – Olga Homeghi, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.^[12]
9 March – Cornelia Catangă, lăutari musician (died 2021).^[13]
25 June – Gigi Becali, businessman and politician.^[14]
29 June – Oana Lungescu, journalist and NATO principal spokesperson.^[15]
4 July – Elena Horvat, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[16]
23 August – Iosif Matula, politician and member of the European Parliament.^[17]
6 November – Elena Bondar, rower, bronze medal winner at the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[18]

7 January – Petru Groza, President since 1952 and Prime Minister between 1945 and 1952 (born 1884).^[19]
17 February – Natalie Bierle, film actress who used the pseudonym Tala Birell (born 1907).^[20]
26 May – Constantin Cantacuzino, aviator, the leading Romanian fighter ace in World War II (born 1905).^[21]
24 August –Veronica Antal, professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order, the first Romanian woman to be beatified, on 22 September 2018 (born 1935).^[22]
2 September – Iosif Capotă, physician who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters, executed at Gherla Prison (born 1912).^[23]
7 December – Constantin Brăiloiu, composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1893).^[24]