1958

1957

Timeline

1959

1958 Events

A repository of events that occurred in 1958.

Events

January 4 – Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit and burns up.

February 2 – The word Aerospace is coined, from the words Aircraft (aero) and Spacecraft (space), taking into consideration that the Earth's atmosphere and outerspace is to be one, or a single realm.

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

July 29 – The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Colonel Harold Maybourne was born on January 10.

Colonel Albert Reynolds was born on September 15.

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born on October 5.

People in Reality

• January 4 - Julian Sands is born.
• January 29 - Judy Norton is born.
• February 4 - Mitchell Kosterman is born.
• February 22 - Gillian Barber is born.
• February 25 - Barclay Hope is born.
• March 25 - James McDaniel is born.
• April 15 - Laurie Murdoch is born.
• April 25 - Cindy Burwash is born.
• May 9 - Lorena Gale is born.
• July 23 - Chuck Jeffreys is born.
• August 5 - Dean Hinchey is born.
• August 18 - Boyd Godfrey is born.
• September 3 - Lindsay Collins is born.
• September 3 - Kevin Kiner is born.
• September 9 - Colin Murdock is born.
• September 24 - John Sampson is born.
• October 22 - Ted Rae is born.
• November 5 - Robert Patrick is born.
• December 10 - David-Paul Grove is born.
• December 28 - Dee Jay Jackson is born.