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1958
 
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Egypt and Syria merge as the United Arab Republic (but disengage three years later)      
1958
 
   
Eight members of the Manchester United football team die in an air crash when flying back to England from Belgrade via Munich      
1958
 
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The Venezuelan dictator Marcos Jiménez escapes to the USA with an estimated fortune of $200 million      
1958
 
    
Lynn Seymour creates the first of many roles for MacMillan, dancing the Adolescent in The Burrow       
1958
 
   
A Commonwealth team, led by Vivian Fuchs, completes the first overland crossing of Antarctica      
1958
 
    
Irish dramatist Brendan Behan's play The Hostage is produced in Dublin       
1958
 
    
In The Affluent Society US economist John Kenneth Galbraith criticizes wasteful modern consumerism       
1958
 
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French Algerians seize government buildings in Algiers, in a campaign to ensure that Algerian remains French     
1958
 
    
Chicken Soup with Barley begins a trilogy by English playwright Arnold Wesker       
1958
 
    
The Fire Raisers, by Swiss dramatist Max Frisch, is performed in Zürich