A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed. Date: September 2, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Date: August 29, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando. Date: August 25, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors. Date: August 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day…
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. Date: August 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. Date: August 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On…
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed in Chile. Date: August 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole. Date: August 3, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Date: July 29, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)