1958

The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.

Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs.

1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident: A U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Without a fissile warhead, its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure six people.

The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup in ice hockey, after defeating the Boston Bruins in 6 games.

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.

The iron barque Omega of Callao, Peru (built in Liverpool, 1887), the world's last full-rigged ship trading under sail alone, sinks on passage carrying guano from the Pachacamac Islands for Huacho.

The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

A general strike is called in Paraguay.

Hurricane Helene, the worst storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, reaches category 4 status.

The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) uses one of its new de Havilland Comet 4s, G-APDB, to make the first commercial transatlantic flight by a jet airliner, from London to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander.

The Jim Henson Company is founded as Muppets, Inc. in the United States.

Soviet polar pilot V. M. Perov on Li-2 rescues four Belgian polar explorers, led by Gaston de Gerlache, who have survived a plane crash in Antarctica 250 km from their base five days earlier.