Date: May 22, 1958
A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. Date: February 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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) More events from 1958Iraq 14 July Revolution Overthrows Monarchy, Qasim Leads New Government, July 14, 1958Jack Kilby Demonstrates First Working Integrated…
Capital Airlines Flight 300 collides in mid-air with a United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 over Brunswick, Maryland, killing 12. Date: May 20, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Ben Carlin First to Circumnavigate…
Cold War: Space Race: The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, detects the Van Allen radiation belt. Date: January 31, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde Premieres at Aldeburgh…
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…
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)…