1958 events

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)

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Date: March 27, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States Army launches Explorer 3. Date: March 26, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit. Date: March 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time. Date: March 3, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

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)

A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. Date: February 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅…