NACA Replaced by NASA October 1, 1958
Date: October 1, 1958
Date: October 1, 1958
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 β π Other events on December 30 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Kentucky School Bus Disaster…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave. Date: July 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958USS Nautilus First Submerged North Pole Transit, August 3, 1958First German Post-War Rockets Reach…
"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 β π Other events on December 28 π Events on this day in 1958…
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68Β years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. Date: April 26, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today)…
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 β π Other events on December 5 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events…
The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. Date: June 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 17 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This…