USS Nautilus First Submerged North Pole Transit, August 3, 1958
Date: August 3, 1958
Date: August 3, 1958
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada, is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. Date: April 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 5 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events…
The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere. Date: September 14, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 14 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Benjamin Brittenβs Noyeβs Fludde Premieres at Aldeburgh Festival,…
The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. Date: November 10, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 10 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Lego Patents Brick Design Compatible with Modern Bricks January…
Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000Β mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000Β mi) by land during a ten-year journey. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1958…
Capital Airlines Flight 300 collides in mid-air with a United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 over Brunswick, Maryland, killing 12. Date: May 20, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 20 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958United States Air Force Academy…
May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events…