Willingboro - Levittown 50th Anniversary

MAY 2008
Note what happened in May 1958...what were YOU doing? (Anniversary events featured on white.)

1958:

Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina.

1958:

Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if National League goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC.

1958:

Walk in the Park
84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05.
WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits.

1958:

Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family).
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.

1958:

Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m.

1958:

Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock.
VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru.

1958:

Actor-singer Paul Robeson, whose passport has been reinstated, sings in a sold-out one-man recital at Carnegie Hall.
Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship.

1958:

Mother's Day
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island and Enwetak.

1958:

"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40.
A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.

1958:

Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits.
Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela.

1958:

USSR launches Sputnik III.

1958:

50th Anniversary Committee Meeting - Willingoro Library - 7:00 PM.
Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter.
Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico.

1958:

Armed Forces Day.
5K Run
84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2.

1958;

Drive-in Movie Night.
An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph.

1958:

South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.
US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

1958:

50th Anniversary Committee Meeting - Willingboro Library - 7:00 PM.
US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests).

Golf Tournament - Shotgun 4somes - More information to come.

1958:

Drew Carey, American comedian and actor, born.

1958:

Willingboro Idol Talent Show
"New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 432 performances.
UP & International News Service merge into United Press International.

1958:

Memorial Day Observed; Memorial Day Special Parade.
US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
Union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark.

1958:

Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS.

1958:

Memorial Day
French Government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle.

1958:

Annette Bening, American actress, born.

1958:

The bodies of unidentified soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).

1958:

US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests).
Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin".