African Regroupment Party Launched in Paris, March 26, 1958
Date: March 26, 1958
Date: March 26, 1958
The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. Date: June 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 17 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This…
Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia. Date: March 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 1 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Chile Repeals Anti-Communist…
Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000Β mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000Β mi) by land during a ten-year journey. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1958…
The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. Date: January 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 28 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Central African Republic Attains Self-Rule Within French Union, December…
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada, is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. Date: April 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 5 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit. Date: January 4, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 4 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Samuel Alphonsus Stritch Becomes First U.S….