Date: April 26, 1958
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 1958CBC Links Canadian Television Nationwide via Microwave, July 1, 19581958 Ceylon Riots and…
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…
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…
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 1958Sputnik 2 Falls from Orbit, Laika’s Historic Flight…
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA. Date: October 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita Published in the United States, August 18, 1958Capital Airlines Flight 67 Crash…
United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada. Date: April 21, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Samuel Alphonsus…