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  • South Africa
    Mar, 1958
    Nelson Mandela

    1st Divorce

    South Africa
    Mar, 1958

    Initiating divorce proceedings in May 1956, she claimed that Mandela had physically abused her; he denied the allegations, and fought for custody of their children. She withdrew her petition of separation in November, but Mandela filed for divorce in January 1958; the divorce was finalised in March, with the children placed in Evelyn's care.




  • Cuba
    Mar, 1958
    Che Guevara

    United States to stop selling arms to the Cuban government

    Cuba
    Mar, 1958

    By March 1958, the continued atrocities carried out by Batista's forces led the United States to stop selling arms to the Cuban government.




  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1958
    Pope Francis

    Society of Jesus

    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1958

    Bergoglio studied at the archdiocesan seminary, Inmaculada ConcepciĆ³n Seminary, in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, and, after three years, entered the Society of Jesus as a novice on 11 March 1958.




  • United Kingdom
    Mar, 1958
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Townsend returned United Kingdom

    United Kingdom
    Mar, 1958

    After resigning from the RAF and traveling around the world for 18 months Townsend returned in March 1958; he and Margaret met several times, but could not avoid the press ("TOGETHER AGAIN") or royal disapproval. Townsend again left Britain to write a book about his trip; Barrymaine concluded in 1958 that "none of the fundamental obstacles to their marriage has been overcome-or shows any prospects of being overcome". Townsend said during a 1970 book tour that he and Margaret did not correspond and they had not seen each other since a "friendly" 1958 meeting, "just like I think a lot of people never see their old girlfriends". Their love letters are in the Royal Archives and will not be available until 100 years after Margaret's birth.




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