Aeronaves de México Flight 111 Crashes Near Guadalajara, 45 Killed June 2, 1958
Date: June 2, 1958
Date: June 2, 1958
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…
Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh. Date: December 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 5 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths are estimated at 300, mostly Tamils. Date: May 22, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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…
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. Date: May 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Smurfs Debut in Spirou…
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…