Aeroflot Flight 105 Crashes Near Magdan-13 Airport, 24 Killed, June 9, 1958
Date: June 9, 1958
Date: June 9, 1958
Aeronaves de MΓ©xico Flight 111 crashes on approach to Guadalajara International Airport, killing 45. Date: June 2, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 2 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19581958 Pakistani Coup Begins Military Rule, October 7, 1958Ripple Rock Destroyed…
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 β π Other events on April 14 π Events on…
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 β π Other events on February 5 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Imre Nagy, PΓ‘l MalΓ©ter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed. Date: June 16, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 16 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19581958 Ceylon Riots and Sri Lanka Race Relations Crisis, May 22,…
Cold War: Space Race: The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, detects the Van Allen radiation belt. Date: January 31, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Project SCORE Launches, Worldβs First Communications Satellite,…
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 β π Other events on February 28 π …