The temperature on October 16, 1958 was between 6.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
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.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
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