WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1958
Find out what all happened May to November 1958

John XXIII is elected Pope. (28. October 1958)

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

Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy. (23. August 1958)

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

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

Sri Lankan riots of 1958: This riot is a watershed event in the race relationship of the various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total number of deaths is estimated to be 300, mostly Sri Lankan Tamils. (22. May 1958)

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

United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed. (2. September 1958)

Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched. (26. July 1958)

The American Atomic Energy Commission, with supporting military units, carries out an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada. (14. October 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)

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

The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury. (7. October 1958)

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

Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. (17. August 1958)

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

Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. (27. October 1958)

A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48. (15. September 1958)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law. (7. July 1958)