The temperature on June 8, 1958 was between 12.0 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
June 16 » Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
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