Date: February 23, 1958
A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48. Date: September 15, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Egypt and Syria Form United Arab…
Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors. Date: August 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day…
A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. Date: February 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Bank of America introduces its first credit card, the BankAmericard (later renamed the VISA Card), in a test market in Fresno County, California. Date: September 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Egypt…
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada, is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. Date: April 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit. Date: January 4, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Egypt and Syria Form United Arab…