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…
May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events…
During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. Date: April 26, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes in Tittabawassee Township, Michigan, near Freeland Tri-City Airport, killing 47. Date: April 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 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)
The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London. Date: April 4, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265. Date: March 31, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)