The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension. Date: December 30, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 30 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
"Greatest Game Ever Played": The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship. Date: December 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 28 📅 Events on this day in 1958…
Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched. Date: December 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility. Date: December 14, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community. Date: December 11, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅…
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)
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 Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. Date: December 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union. Date: December 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family. Date: November 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)