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==Events== * During [[International Geophysical Year]] ** [[Earth]]'s [[magnetosphere]] is discovered. ** The [[3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] discovers the [[glacier|subglacial]] [[Gamburtsev Mountain Range]] in [[Antarctica]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=2515 |title=Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains |accessdate=2011-11-17 |author=Australian Antarctic Data Centre |publisher=Australian Government, Antarctic Division |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920213340/http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=2515 |archivedate=2007-09-20 }}</ref> also becoming the first to reach the Southern [[Pole of Inaccessibility]] (December 14). ** The [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] completes (March 2) its three-year mission to make the first overland crossing of [[Antarctica]], via the [[South Pole]]. The first (and third ever) team to reach the Pole overland (January 3) is [[Edmund Hillary]]'s, using adapted [[Ferguson TE20#Famous Fergies|Ferguson TE20]] [[tractor]]s, the first powered vehicles to complete a trip here. * April 17βOctober 19 β [[Expo 58]] in [[Brussels]]. The centrepiece is the [[Atomium]]; and a model of [[tobacco mosaic virus]] structure by [[Rosalind Franklin]]'s research team is exhibited. * July 9 β [[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]].
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