43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.

Nepal declares a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy.

U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

Senegalese marxist group ''Reenu-Rew'' founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.

The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

NFL Championship Game, 1958|"Greatest Game Ever Played"

The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

The DC-3 airliner ''NC16002'' disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.

The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.

Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

World War II

''Pravda'' publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.

Constance Markiewicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.

The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in ''Boulevard des Capucines'', marking the debut of the cinema.

Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India.

The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.

Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.

John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).

King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.

Westminster Abbey is consecrated.