38 events found for 1958
A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves…
In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes…
The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National…
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the…
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the…
Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as…
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian…
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman…
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint…
Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
The Bank of America introduces its first credit card, the BankAmericard (later renamed the VISA Card), in a test…