WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1958
Find out what all happened April to October 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)

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)

Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars. (1. September 1958)

The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight. (27. 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 nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. (3. August 1958)

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

The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74. (23. October 1958)

France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead. (28. September 1958)

The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo, which is serialized in the weekly Spirou magazine. (23. October 1958)

A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. (31. August 1958)

The trade mark Velcro is registered. (13. May 1958)

Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader. (14. July 1958)

NASA is created to replace NACA. (1. October 1958)

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. (15. May 1958)

Paddington Bear, a classic character from English children's literature, makes his debut. (13. October 1958)

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (29. August 1958)

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

Lituya Bay is hit by a megatsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history. (9. July 1958)

Explorer 1 ceases transmission. (23. May 1958)