The temperature on January 3, 1958 was between -5.3 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
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.
Day of burial January 7, 1958
The temperature on January 7, 1958 was between 0.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
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