Venezuela Uprising Forces Marcos Pérez Jiménez Out January 23, 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 → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Capital Airlines Flight 67 Crash in Michigan Kills 47,…

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 1958Alaska Megatsunami from 7.8 Earthquake Kills Five, July 9, 1958West Indies Federation Formed January…

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 📅…

Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1958…

During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. Date: May 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Canada’s Saint Lawrence Seaway Flooding Begins, July…