Willingboro - Levittown 50th Anniversary

MARCH 2008 *Note what happened in March 1958...what were YOU* doing? (**Anniversary events featured in white areas.)
1	S	1958:	Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, ninth bishop (fourth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
2	S	1958:	1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days.
3	M	1958:	Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq.
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5	W	1958:	Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit. Andy Gibb, English-born singer, born, (d. 1988). Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo.
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8	S	1958:	USS Wisconsin is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896 (recommissioned October 22, 1988). Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita. William Faulkner says US schools degenerated to become babysitters.
9	S	1958:	Daylight Savings Begins George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season.
10	M	1958:	Sharon Stone, American actress, born.
11	T	1958:	Starting this season, all batters are required to wear batting helmets. U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally drops an atom bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure several people, but no nuclear fission occurs. Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21".
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13	T	1958:	RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia.
14	F	1958:	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test. RIAA (Recording Industry Association of American)is created and certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star).
15	S	1958:	Palm Sunday Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 points. Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled.
16	S	1958:	RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
17	M	1958:	St. Patrick's Day Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape.
18	T	1958:	Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958.
19	W	1958:	Anniversary Committee Meeting - Willingboro Library - 7:00 PM. Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London
20	T		50 th Anniversary Committe Meeting - Willingboro Library - 7:00 PM 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line Holly Hunter, American actress, born.
21	F	1958:	Good Friday 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award.
22	S	1958:	20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd)
23	S		Easter Sunday
24	M	1958:	24 - 28 Series of Youth Events. Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761).
25	T	1958:	Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times.
26	W	1958:	30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," wins. US Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III".
27	T	1958:	CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records. Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & 1st Secretary of Communist Party. Havana Hilton opens.
28	F		Family Fun Night
29	S	1958:	Environmental Commission Earth Day Event - Kennedy Center. US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss. US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins.
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31	M	1958:	US Navy forms atomic sub division. USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, & urges US & Britain to do same.

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