WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1958
Find out what all happened February to June 1958

The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others. (17. June 1958)

The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London. (4. April 1958)

A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. (5. February 1958)

Canada's Avro Arrow makes its first flight. (25. March 1958)

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union. (27. March 1958)

The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers. (23. June 1958)

The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight. (27. May 1958)

After Walter O'Malley orchestrated that both teams' move from New York City, Los Angeles Dodgers played the San Francisco Giants in the first Major League Baseball game on the US West Coast. (15. April 1958)

United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service. (24. May 1958)

An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h). (18. May 1958)

The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada opens. It is still open today. (17. June 1958)

The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite. (17. March 1958)

In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265. (31. March 1958)

Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. (28. May 1958)

During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. (13. May 1958)

A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada. (12. May 1958)

The United States Army launches Explorer 3. (26. March 1958)

Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. (9. June 1958)

Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. (1. June 1958)

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. (5. April 1958)