U.S. Crewed Space Flight Renamed Project Mercury, October 7, 1958

The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. Date: December 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Monarch Underwear Company Fire Kills 24, Injures 15 -…

Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic. 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 1958Eisenhower Signs NASA-Forming Space Act July 29, 1958Hope Diamond Donated…

Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. Date: June 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Sputnik 2 Falls from Orbit, Laika’s Historic Flight Ends April…

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 📅…

Guinea declares its independence from France. Date: October 2, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958U.S. Crewed Space Flight Renamed Project Mercury, October 7, 1958Ripple Rock Destroyed in Seymour Narrows Explosion, April 5, 1958Canada’s…

The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole. Date: August 3, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958May 1958 Algiers…