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  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 5, 1958
    Neil Armstrong

    Project "Mercury"

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 5, 1958

    On November 5, 1958, "Man In Space Soonest" was superseded by Project "Mercury", a civilian project run by NASA.




  • France
    Nov, 1958
    Charles de Gaulle

    Charles De Gaulle and his supporters won a comfortable majority

    France
    Nov, 1958

    In the November 1958 election, Charles de Gaulle and his supporters (initially organized in the Union pour la Nouvelle République-Union Démocratique du Travail, then the Union des Démocrates pour la Vème République, later still the Union des Démocrates pour la République, UDR) won a comfortable majority.




  • Biy-Myrza, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
    Sunday Nov 16, 1958
    Sooronbay Jeenbekov

    Born

    Biy-Myrza, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
    Sunday Nov 16, 1958

    Jeenbekov was born in Biy-Myrza, Osh Region on November 16, 1958. His father, Sharif, was a collective farm manager while his mother was a housewife.




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