Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Begins: PLA Bombards Quemoy, August 23, 1958

After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela. Date: January 23, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Cuban Revolution: Castro’s 26th of July Movement Captures El Uvero,…

Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. Date: February 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Jack Kilby Demonstrates First Working Integrated Circuit September 12,…

Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time. Date: March 3, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Central African Republic Attains Self-Rule Within French Union, December 1, 1958Fernando Rios Dies After…

Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival. Date: June 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19581958 Ceylon Riots and Sri Lanka Race Relations Crisis, May 22, 1958McDonnell Douglas F-4…

The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. Date: December 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Charles de Gaulle Returns to Lead France by Decree,…