Date: May 30, 1958
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)…
Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. Date: January 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Willie O’Ree NHL Debut with Boston Bruins…
The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. Date: November 10, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Ripple Rock Destroyed in Canada’s Seymour Narrows, April 5,…
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 📅…
The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule. Date: October 7, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958France Adopts Current Constitution, October 4, 1958Juan Manuel Fangio Kidnapped by Cuban Rebels…
Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival. Date: June 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Canada’s Saint Lawrence Seaway Flooding Begins, July 1, 19581958 Ceylon Riots and Sri Lanka…