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July 1958
The following events occurred in July 1958: July 1, 1958 (Tuesday) *The destruction began of the "Lost Villages", ten communities in the Canadian province of Ontario that had been evacuated to make way for the Saint Lawrence Seaway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes in North America. At 8:00 in the morning, a cofferdam was demolished and within four days, the waters of the Atlantic had submerged the villages of Aultsville, Ontario, Aultsville, Dickinson's Landing, Ontario, Dickinson's Landing, Farran's Point, Ontario, Farran's Point, Maple Grove, Ontario (ghost town), Maple Grove, Mille Roches, Ontario, Mille Roches, Moulinette, Ontario, Moulinette, Santa Cruz, Ontario, Santa Cruz, Sheek's Island (Ontario), Sheek's Island, Wales, Ontario, Wales, and Woodlands, Ontario, Woodlands. *Amintore Fanfani was sworn into office as Prime Minister of Italy along with a cabinet of ministers. *Using the Trans Canada Microwave relay of 139 towers, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Revolution In Iraq
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
