Date: April 14, 1958
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…
Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. Date: January 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958United Air Lines Flight 736 Collision Near…
Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. Date: February 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Richard Nixon Car Attacked by Anti-American Protesters in Caracas,…
A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. Date: February 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅…
The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London. Date: April 4, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Aeroflot Flight 105 Crashes Near Magdan-13 Airport, 24 Killed, June 9,…
May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events…