Date: May 22, 1958
Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia. Date: March 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Jack Kilby Demonstrates…
The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. Date: November 10, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde Premieres at Aldeburgh Festival, June…
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Date: March 27, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Explorer 1 Detects Van Allen Radiation Belt, January 31, 1958World’s First Instant…
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. Date: April 26, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.) Date: December 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 5 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours. Date: April 14, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on…