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  • Lakes region of northern Poland, Poland
    Friday Jul 4, 1958
    Pope John Paul II

    Youngest bishop in Poland

    Lakes region of northern Poland, Poland
    Friday Jul 4, 1958

    On 4 July 1958, while Wojtyła was on a kayaking holiday in the lakes region of northern Poland, Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków. He was then summoned to Warsaw to meet the Primate of Poland, Bishop of Sophene and Vågå. At the age of 38, Wojtyła became the youngest bishop in Poland.




  • Lebanon
    Jul, 1958
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Eisenhower sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon

    Lebanon
    Jul, 1958

    Eisenhower applied the doctrine in 1957–58 by dispensing economic aid to shore up the Kingdom of Jordan, and by encouraging Syria's neighbors to consider military operations against it. More dramatically, in July 1958, he sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon as part of Operation Blue Bat, a non-combat peace-keeping mission to stabilize the pro-Western government and to prevent a radical revolution from sweeping over that country.




  • Wales, UK
    Saturday Jul 26, 1958
    Prince Charles

    The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester

    Wales, UK
    Saturday Jul 26, 1958

    Charles was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 26 July 1958, though his investiture was not held until 1 July 1969, when he was crowned by his mother in a televised ceremony held at Caernarfon Castle.




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