Date: April 5, 1958
United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada. Date: April 21, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Willie O’Ree…
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) More events from 1958Aeroflot Flight 105 Crashes Near Magdan-13 Airport, 24 Killed, June 9, 19581958 Ceylon Riots…
The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury. 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 19581958 Pakistani Coup Begins Military Rule, October 7, 1958European Economic Community Established January 1, 1958Kentucky…
The Bank of America introduces its first credit card, the BankAmericard (later renamed the VISA Card), in a test market in Fresno County, California. Date: September 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Imre…
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…
Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit. Date: January 4, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Explorer 1 Detects Van Allen Radiation…