Editing 1958 (section)

=== July ===
{{Main|July 1958}}
* [[July 9]] – [[1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami]]: A 7.8 {{M|w}} strike-slip earthquake in [[Southeast Alaska]] causes a [[landslide]] that produces a [[megatsunami]]. The runup from the waves reaches {{convert|525|m|abbr=on}} on the rim of [[Lituya Bay]].
* [[July 12]] – [[Henri Cornelis]] becomes Governor-General of the [[Belgian Congo]], the last Belgian governor prior to independence.
* [[July 14]] – [[July 14 Revolution]] in Iraq: [[Faisal II of Iraq|King Faisal II]] and several family members are executed. [[Abd al-Karim Qasim]] assumes power.<ref>{{cite book|last=Al Hayah|first=Dar|title=Majzarat Al Rihab: A Journalistic Investigation on the Death of the Hashemite Royal Family on 14 July 1958 in Baghdad|publisher=Dar Al Hayah|year=1960|location=Beirut|pages=42|language=Arabic}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[1958 Lebanon crisis]]: 5,000 [[United States Marines]] land in the Lebanese capital [[Beirut]] in support of the pro-Western government.<ref>{{cite book |author=Dwight D. Eisenhower |title=Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGoTTqSXe2oC&pg=PR25 |year=1960 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]] |page=25}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] – Fourteen [[life peerage]]s, the first under the [[Life Peerages Act 1958]], are created in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Erika Rackley|author2=Rosemary Auchmuty|title=Women's Legal Landmarks: Celebrating the history of women and law in the UK and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mn17DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA253|date=27 December 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-78225-979-4|pages=253}}</ref>
* [[July 26]]
** [[Explorer program]]: [[Explorer 4]] is launched in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Research and Development|title=USSR: Missiles, Rockets and Space Effort: A Bibliographic Record, 1956–1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igE7kL_mt3gC&pg=PA40|year=1960|publisher=Department of The Army|pages=40}}</ref>
** Queen [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom announces that she is giving her son [[Charles III|Prince Charles]] the customary title for the [[heir apparent]] of [[Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John Clements|title=The United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, a Directory of Governments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSYkAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Political Research|page=17}}</ref> The announcement is made at the end of the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]], held in Cardiff.
* [[July 29]] – The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] formally creates the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA).<ref>{{cite book|author=United States|title=United States Code Service, Lawyers Edition: All Federal Laws of a General and Permanent Nature Arranged in Accordance with the Section Numbering of the United States Code and the Supplements Thereto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KasoAQAAMAAJ|year=1936|publisher=Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company|page=443}}</ref>