Year 1958 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1958

The year 1958 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1958 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
14 June	Dr. C.V. Raman was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in the Kremlin.
14 July	The revolt of General Abdul Karim in Iraq was followed by the end of the monarchical system and the establishment of democracy.
29 July	The US Congress passed a bill to establish its space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
06 September	The US conducted nuclear tests in the Atlantic Sea.
15 September	The virus of the deadly disease trachoma was first discovered in medical science.
23 September	Britain conducted atmospheric nuclear tests on Christmas Island.
28 September	The constitution came into force in France.
27 October	General Ayub Khan became the ruler of Pakistan by overthrowing Pakistan's President Skether Mirza.
01 November	The then Soviet Union conducted nuclear tests.
27 August	The metric system of measurement of weights was introduced.
29 August	Famous pop singer Michael Jackson was born.
06 December	The construction of the world's longest and most important tunnel began in Italy. Its excavation work was completed on 14 August 1964 after 6 years of hard work.
20 January	The search party met at the South Pole with a mission to cross the Antarctic. It was the first attempt to cross the Antarctic from the surface.
26 January	The Japanese boat sank near the southern Awaji island of Nankai, killing 167 people.
31 January	The first American satellite Explorer I was placed into Earth's orbit.
05 February	The Mark 15 molecular bomb, near Tybee Island from the US Air Force, was lost in the water.
23 February	Argentina's legendary Formula One driver Khuan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped by two men.
26 February	The remains of an ancient civilization were found at the site of Kot Di Ji Sindh in Pakistan, which was about three hundred years older than the Mohenjodaro civilization.
08 January	14-year-old Bobby Fisher won the United States Chess Championship.
01 February	Egypt and Syria united to form the United Arab Republic.
17 March	Launched Vanguard 1 satellite of the United States.
01 April	BBC Radiophonic Workshop established.
01 May	Arturo Frondiji became the President of Argentina.
15 June	Pizza Hut is established.
10 July	First parking meter installed in Britain.
18 August	Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita was published in the United States.
01 September	The first cod war began between the United Kingdom and Iceland.
26 October	Pan American launched the first transatlantic flight of the World Airways Boeing 707.
03 November	The new UNESCO building was inaugurated in Paris.
18 December	The United States launched SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.
18 January	African Canadian Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, breaking the colour barrier in professional ice hockey.
28 January	The Danish toy company Lego Group patented their design of Lego bricks.
31 January	Explorer 1 the United States' first satellite, waslaunched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and became the first spacecraftto detect the Van Allen radiation belt.
05 February	A Mark 15 nuclear bomb disappeared off the shores of Tybee Island, Georgia, after it was jettisoned during a practice exercise when the bomber carrying it collided in midair with a fighter plane.
06 February	The aircraft carrying the Manchester United football club and some fans and journalists crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany, killing eight players and 15 others.
21 February	British artist Gerald Holtom designed a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became more commonly known as the peace symbol.
22 February	Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli signed a union pact to form the United Arab Republic.
27 March	Nikita Khrushchev became the head of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.
05 April	The first Live Canadian National Television Channel, Discovery Passage, Ripple Rock located under water in British Columbia, was destroyed in a planned explosion.
13 April	In the midst of the Cold War, inaugurated the International Tchaikovsky competition by American pianoist van Clibern in Moscow.
15 April	On the initiative of Walter O 'Male, Los Angeles Dojers and Sen Francisco giants played in the first Major League baseball game of the US West Coast.
18 April	Controversial American poet Agera Pound was given Washington D.C. K. Elizabeth was released from Hospital, where he was imprisoned for twelve years.
12 May	Canada and the United States signed a formal agreement of the North American Air Defense Command to provide aerospaceswarring and defense to North America.
13 May	Ben Carlin, an Australian courageous, became the first and only person to broadcast the world on 13 May, 1958 by amphibian vehicle. He traveled 17, 000 km from the land and 62,000 km from the sea in a ten -year time journey.
13 May	Australian Ben Carlin became the only person to circle the world in a dual moving vehicle, who traveled to 80,000kilometres (50,000 mi) by land and sea.
22 May	Ethnic riots broke out in Ceylon, mostly targeting Sri Lankan Tamils, resulting in over 300 deaths in the following days.
23 May	The satellite explorer 1 transmission stopped. Explorer 1 was the first satellite in the United States, which was launched as its participation in the international geophysical year. The mission followed two satellites last year; The Soviet Union, the beginning of the Cold War Space Race between the two countries.
16 June	Other leaders of Imre Nagy and unsuccessful Hungarian Revolution 1956 were executed after secret tests.
09 July	516 meters (1,693 ft) high megatsunami, highest evergreen, Litua Bay, Alaska, America.
29 July	US President Dwight. Eisenhower signed the National Aaronatics and Space Act law, establishing a new federal non-compound space agency, known as NASA (logo picture).
23 September	The United Nations General Assembly is expected to call for a vote today about China's entry and one seat in the United Nations.
04 October	The new constitution was introduced to the French Fifth Republic, France's current political rule.
07 October	Trying to control political instability in Pakistan, President Iskandar Mirza suspended the 1956 constitution, imposed law and canceled the elections for January 1959.
13 October	The first book 'Dark Peru from Dark Peru' was published by English children's LiteratureTrack Paddington Bare.
27 October	General Ayub Khan removed Iskandar Mirza from the post to become the second President of Pakistan in a bloodless coup when Mirza appointed him the promoter of Marshal Law.
10 November	Merchant Harry Winston described the Smithsonian Institution as 'Hope Diamond', 'the world's most famous diamond'.
01 December	90 children died due to fire at our Lady of Angels School Grade School in Chicago. This happened because the school was not properly prepared in the event of a fire without spraying and there was no fire.
09 December	The John Birch Society, named John Birch, was established in the United States to fight the alleged threat of communism in the United States, an American entry who was killed in China.
10 December	The first domestic passenger jet operated aircraft flight took place in the United States when the National Airlines Boeing 707 launched 111 passengers from New York City to Miami.
18 December	The United States launched the world's first telecom satellite Score.
23 December	The Tokyo Tower, 332.5 meters (1,091 ft), opened the largest heroic steelstructure in the world.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
27 September	Mihir Sen became the first Indian to swim across the British Channel.
22 February	India's renowned politician, intellectual and litterateur Abul Kalam Ahmad Azad died at the age of 70.
22 April	Admiral RD Katari became the first chief in the Indian Navy.
15 May	The Gift Tax Act was enacted on 15 May 1958 as the Act of the Parliament of India, so that the Act of giving or receiving gifts as per specification in Schedule I of the Act could be taxed.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
02 August	Arshad Ayub / Cricketer / India
02 July	Pawan Malhotra / Actor / India
03 November	Swaroop Sampat / Actress / India
05 August	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad / Politician / India
09 February	Amrita Singh / Actress / India
11 January	Babulal Marandi / Politician / India
12 January	Arun Govil / Actor / India
15 August	Simple Kapadia / Actress / India
18 October	Kajal Kiran / Actress / India
21 June	Reema Lagoo / Actress / India
23 June	Mukesh Khanna / Actor / India
24 June	Suman Sharma / Pilot / India
28 October	Ashok Chavan / Politician / India
NA NA	Nikhat Kazmi / Journalist / India

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