FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN ON MARCH 9TH:
Juliette Binoche: Actress (The English Patient), 1964
Bow Wow: Rapper, 1987
Bert Campaneris: Retired baseball player, 1942
Linda Fiorentino: Actress (Men In Black), 1960
Bobby Fischer: Chess player, 1943
Yuri Gagarin: Russian cosmonaut, 1934
WIll Geer: Actor (Grandpa Walton, The Waltons), 1902
Charles Gibson: Host, Good Morning America, 1943
Mickey Gilley: Country singer, 1936
Raul Julia: Actor (The Addams Family), 1940
Kato Kaelin: Eyewitness, the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial, 1959
Jeffrey Osbourne: Singer, 1948
Dennis Rader: Serial killer, 1945
Barbara Millicent Roberts, a.k.a. Barbie, 1959
Sean Salisbury: ESPN NFL football analyst, 1963
Mickey Spillane: Author (Mike Hammer), 1918
THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1958:
TIMELINE
January: Gibson patents the “Flying V” guitar February: First class mail goes from three to six cents per ounce March: Unemployment in the U.S. reaches its highest mark since 1941 April: In Georgia, Arnold Palmer wins the Masters May: Pat O’Connor dies in a 13-car crash during the Indianapolis 500 June: In Tokyo, Japanese break from tradition, letting Prince Akihito choose his own bride July: In London, Queen Elizabeth give Prince Charles the title of Prince of Wales August: An investigation into TV game shoes begins September: Ashley Cooper and Althea Gibson win U.S. tennis titles at Forest Hills October: Forty-one million people visit the World’s Fair in Brussels, Belgium November: At the U.S. Embassy in London, Vice President Nixon hosts Queen Elizabeth for Thanksgiving dinner December: The University of Pittsburgh agrees to but Forbes Field from the Pirates
IN THE NEWS
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the U.S.S.R. Pizza Hut opens in Kansas City, MO NASA is established. Explorer I is America’s first satellite Elvis Presley is drafted into the U.S. Army The FAA is established to ensure air safety U.S.S. Nautilus makes the first underwater crossing of the North Pole The Presidential pension law provides income to former Presidents For the first time, U.S. commercial jets are used to transport mail
FROM THE SPORTS DESK
MLB Champion: New York Yankees NFL Champion: Baltimore Colts NBA Champion: Boston Celtics NHL Champion: Montreal Canadiens NCAA Basketball Champion: Kentucky NCAA Football Champion: LSU & Iowa Indianapolis 500 Winner: Jimmy Bryan, 133.791 MPH The New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers move to California
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC “At The Hop”, Danny & The Juniors “Don’t”, Elvis Presley “Peggy Sue”, Buddy Holly & The Crickets “Tequila”, The Champs “Witch Doctor”, David Seville “Yakety Yak”, The Coasters
MOVIES “A Night to Remember” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” “Gigi” “Plan 9 From Outer Space” “The Fly” “Vertigo”
TELEVISION (DEBUTS) “An Evening With Fred Astaire” “Bat Masterson” “Concentration” “Peter Gunn” “The Donna Reed Show” “The Huckleberry Hound Show”
COST OF LIVING
LIVING New house: $11,975.00 Average income: $4,650.00 per year New car: $2,155.00 Average rent: $95.00 per month Tuition to Harvard: $1,000.00 per year Movie ticket: $1.00 each Gasoline: 24 cents per gallon U.S. postage stamp: 4 cents each
FOOD Granulated sugar: 89 cents for 10 pounds Vitamin D milk: $1.01 per gallon Ground coffee: 93 cents per pound Bacon: 62 cents per pound Eggs: 28 cents per dozen Fresh ground hamburger: 57 cents per pound Fresh baked bread: 19 cents per loaf
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