1958 Ceylon Riots and Sri Lanka Race Relations Crisis, May 22, 1958
Date: May 22, 1958
Date: May 22, 1958
The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured. Date: March 19, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Nikita Khrushchev Becomes Soviet Chairman of the Council of Ministers, March 27, 1958Pioneer 0…
The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. Date: January 28, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Smurfs Debut in Spirou Magazine, October 23, 1958World’s First…
A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed. Date: July 9, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅…
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Date: August 29, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Capital Airlines Flight 300 Mid-Air Collision Over Brunswick, Maryland May 20, 19581958 Ceylon Riots and…
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 1958Capital Airlines Flight 67 Crashes in Michigan, 47 Killed – April 6, 1958French Upper…
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 1958USAF RC-130 Shot Down Over Armenia on September 2, 1958Willie…