Project SCORE Launches, World’s First Communications Satellite, December 18, 1958

Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed. Date: June 16, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Progressive Conservatives Win Historic Canadian Election March 31, 1958Sputnik 1 Falls…

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 19581958 Pakistani Coup…

United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service. Date: May 24, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958France Adopts Current Constitution, October 4, 1958Nikita Khrushchev…

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 1958Gamal Abdel Nasser Nominated First President…

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…

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…