Willingboro - Levittown 50th Anniversary

AUGUST 2008 Note what happened in August 1958...what were You doing? (Anniversary events featured in white areas.)
1	F	1958:	1st class postage up to $0.04 (had been $0.03 for 26 years).
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3	S	1958:	The nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) became the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.
4	M	1958:	Dumont TV Network crumbles.
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6	W	1958:	Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles.
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14	T	1958:	Cleveland Indian, Vic Power steals home twice in 1 game.
15	F		Drive-In Movie night
16	S	1958:	Angela Bassett, American actress, born. Madonna, American-born singer, songwriter, and actress, born.
17	S	1958:	World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 seconds.
18	M	1958:	Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. Betsy Palmer joins the Today Show panel. TV game show scandal investigation starts.
19	T	1958:	NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters.
20	W	1958:	50th Anniversary Committee meeting - Willingboro Libreary - 7:00 PM Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years. Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0.
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22	F	1958:	Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return.
23	S	1958:	Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy. Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours.
24	S		Historic Trolley Tour of Willingboro
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29	F	1958:	United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Michael Jackson, American singer and dancer
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