Willingboro - Levittown 50th Anniversary

JULY 2008
Note what happened in July 1958...what were YOU doing? (Anniversary events featured in white areas.)

1958:

Flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway begins.

1958:

"The Andy Williams Show" premiers on ABC (later on CBS & NBC).

Independence Day - Parade/Fabulous 50 Floats.

1958:

First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth.

1958:

Alaska becomes the 49th state.

1958:

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.
First International House of Pancakes (IHOP) opens in Toluca Lake, California.

1958:

AL beats NL 4-3 in 25th All Star Game (Memorial Stadium, Baltimore).

1958:

Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock & ice
into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain.

1958:

7.5 Richter scale earthquake in Lituya Bay, Alaska, causes a landslide that produces a huge 520-meter high wave.
1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed).

1958:

In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists and Abdul Karim Kassem becomes the nation's new leader.

1958:

In Lebanon, 5,000 United States Marines land in the capital Beirut in order to provide military support to the pro-Western government there.

50th Anniversary Committee Meeting - Willingoro Library - 7:00 PM.

Drive-in Movie Night.

1958:

1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords.

1958:

The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou.
"Sensational" Sherri Martel wins wrestling's WWF woman's title.

1958:

Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom gives her son Charles the title of Prince of Wales.

1958:

The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running.