Willingboro - Levittown 50th Anniversary

APRIL 2008 *Note what happened in April 1958...what were You* doing?** (Anniversary events featured in white areas)
1	T	1958:	All Fool's Day European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation. BBC Radiophonic Workshop established.
2	W	1958:	National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record). Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens.
3	T	1958:	"Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana. Alec Baldwin, American actor, born.
4	F	1958:	1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England).
5	S		Soup-Off Contest
6	S	1958:	Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters.
7	M	1958:	Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at Los Angeles Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line.
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10	T	1958:	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American musician and record producer, born. Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco.
11	F	1958:	Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (San Francisco).
12	S	1958:	Sock Hop to Hip Hop - 5 Decades of music and dance. 12th NBA Championship St Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2. Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk.
13	S	1958:	12th Tony Awards Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win.
14	M	1958:	Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere.
15	T	1958:	10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt. The first Major League Baseball regular season game ever played in California as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0 at San Francisco's Seals Stadium.
16	W	1958:	50th Anniversary Committee Meeting - Willingboro Public Library - 7:00 PM 22nd Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284.
17	T	1958:	King Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the World Fair in Brussels, also known as Expo '58.
18	FW	1958:	National League single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles.
19	T	1958:	Earth Day 50th special planting and poem reading. 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54.
20	F	1958:	Buses replace Key System trains in San Francisco area at 3 AM. Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops.
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23	M	1958:	Administrative Professionals Day Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game.
24	T	1958:	1st man-made nuclear fusion. Lee Walls hits 3 homerunS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2.
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26	T	1958:	Anniversary 50-Fitness activities.
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28	S	1958:	Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed). Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
29	S	1958:	Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress, born.
30	M	1958:	Meeting - 50th Anniversary Committee - Willingboro Public Library - 7:00 PM Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.
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