WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1958
Find out what all happened June to November 1958

Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit. (12. September 1958)

Flooding of Canada's St. Lawrence Seaway begins. (1. July 1958)

The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. (3. August 1958)

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

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

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

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

Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. (18. August 1958)

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

President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. (7. October 1958)

The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou. (25. July 1958)

Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up). (11. October 1958)

Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President. Hoover would live another ten years, his record 35-year retirement still holding the record as of 2013. (5. August 1958)

The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere. (14. September 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)

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

Fifth Republic of France is established. (4. October 1958)

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