WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1958
Find out what all happened November to December 1958

Guinea joins the United Nations. (12. December 1958)

Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower. (23. December 1958)

"Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium. (28. December 1958)

The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility. (14. December 1958)

Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched. (18. December 1958)

The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing 3 and sparking international tension. (30. December 1958)

Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh. (5. December 1958)

The John Birch Society is founded in the United States. (9. December 1958)

A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. (12. November 1958)

The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.) (5. December 1958)

The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. (10. November 1958)

The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. (1. December 1958)

Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community. (28. November 1958)

French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. (25. November 1958)

French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community. (11. December 1958)

The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union. (1. December 1958)