What Happened in Dec 1958
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Fire at Our Lady of the Angels School kills 92 students and 3 nuns
On December 1, 1958, a fire broke out in the basement of Our Lady of the Angels catholic school in Chicago, educational home to approximately 1,600... Read more
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Battle of Yaguajay
The Battle of Yaguajay (December 19 – December 30, 1958) was a decisive victory for the Cuban Revolutionaries over the soldiers of the Batista... Read more
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Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Dominique Pire (Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire) (Dinant, February 10, 1910 – Leuven, January 30, 1969) was a Belgian Dominican friar whose... Read more
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Peter Dawkins Wins Heisman Trophy
Pete Dawkins, the 69th Army football captain and a polio victim, posed a double threat as a runner and a left-handed passer. In three years, he... Read more
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Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a series of events in late December 1958 that led to the capture of the Cuban city of Santa Clara by revolutionaries... Read more