May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death May 15, 1958
The temperature on May 15, 1958 was between 8.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
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 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
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