The temperature on October 18, 1958 was between 5.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
August 3 » The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
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