The Lego brick patented
1958 · Event
A Billund carpenter's firm patents the stud-and-tube brick; every Lego element moulded since still clicks onto it.
On these timelines: Master, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age
Around 1958
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- The Troubles (1968)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Korean War (1950)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)