52 events found for 1958
United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterp
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D
During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrato
May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unit
Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over
Capital Airlines Flight 300 collides in mid-air with a United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 over Brunswick, Maryland, k
The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka
United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service
First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post
Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean W
Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months
Aeronaves de México Flight 111 crashes on approach to Guadalajara International Airport, killing 45
Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24
Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed
The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver
Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.