Munich air disaster
1958 · Event
A crash on takeoff kills eight Manchester United players and fifteen others, a national tragedy in Britain.
On these timelines: England, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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- Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- Magna Carta (1215)
- English Civil War (1642)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
Around 1958
- The Beatles (1960)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)