| Jan 31, 1958 - Explorer 1, the first successful US satellite, was launched and the United States entered the Space Age. It discovered the "Van Allen radiation belts" around Earth. |
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March 24, 1958 - Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn. March 27, 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party. |
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| May 30, 1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| July 7, 1958 - President Eisenhower signed the Alaska statehood bill. |
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| Nov 22, 1958 - Plane crashes at CAMP ATTERBURY. |
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