1958


Events 
 The civilian space agency of the USA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is founded. (; )
 NASA's Project Mercury is initiated. ()
 The two surviving members of the Vulcan exploration team which crash-landed at Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania are rescued. Before leaving Earth, a new piece of technology is secretly introduced by them: Velcro. ()
Shannon O'Donnel is born in the United States of America. Her descendants include Captain Kathryn Janeway. ()
 This era is requested by William T. Riker as the source of a holosimulation of the Bourbon Street Bar in New Orleans on Earth. ()
 Within the Bashir 62 holoprogram, Vic Fontaine, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra lose $15,000 in a blackjack game at the Sands in Las Vegas in which Vic is playing. ()

Notes 
 Manufacture of the Edsel, a Ford Motor Company vehicle, begins. ()

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