Date: March 31, 1958
The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom. Date: February 21, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
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 → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This…
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours. Date: April 14, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on…
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 📅…
Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. Date: February 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Central Railroad of New Jersey Train Disaster Kills 48,…
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…