Timeline September 1958

Events in September 1958 3

• 1958 First integrated circuit demonstrated Jack Kilby unveils working microchip Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments demonstrated the first working integrated circuit, combining multiple electronic components on a single piece of semiconductor material. The invention became the foundation of modern electronics and earned Kilby a share of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• 1958 – present Andrea Bocelli Tenor World-renowned blind tenor who brought classical music to the top of international pop charts.
• 1958 First air-to-air missile kills Taiwan Strait Taiwanese F-86s armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders shoot down Chinese MiG-17s — the first kills by guided air-to-air missiles in combat.