August 1958

Sunday 03:

The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.

Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.

Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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