What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1958
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 50.90° N, 4.34° E
- Description
- Expo 58 closes.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Expo 58.
Expo 58
World's fair held in Brussels, Belgium
Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958. It was the first major world's fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) after World War II and the fifth in Brussels overall.
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