Date: December 11, 1958
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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 1958Egypt and Syria Form United Arab Republic After Plebiscite,…
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law. Date: July 7, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958United Press International Formed by UPI-INS Merger May 24, 1958Smurfs Debut in Spirou…
Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1958…
The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. Date: June 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This…
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy. Date: August 23, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958CBC Links Canadian Television Nationwide via Microwave, July…
Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. Date: August 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On…