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March 20, 1958

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Headlines from March 20, 1958

1.8 BILLION BILL TO SPUR HOUSING PASSES CONGRESS; House Rushes First Major Anti-Recession Measure to the President PUBLIC WORKS BID GAINS Senate Unit Opens Hearing on Loan Fund -- Rayburn Criticizes Eisenhower HOUSING MEASURE PASSES CONGRESS

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

$1.85-billion housing bill approved by House; makes $1 billion available to FNMA, provides additional $500 million for FNMA purchases at President's discretion, extends VA home loan programs to July '60, permits interest rise on VA-backed mortgages

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Notable Births

1958Rickey Jackson, American football player[โ€ ]

Rickey Anderson Jackson is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints (1981โ€“1993) and the San Francisco 49ers (1994โ€“1995). He led the team's Dome Patrol linebacker corps while playing with the Saints. In 1997, Jackson was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame. Jackson won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX one year before retiring. On February 7, 2010, Jackson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Notable Deaths

Adegoke Adelabu

1958Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (born 1915)[โ€ ]

Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu, popularly known as Adelabu Adegoke Penkelemesi, was a prominent personality in the politics of Ibadan city and subsequently that of the Western Region of Nigeria right before the country's independence in 1960. He was Nigeria's Minister of Natural Resources and Social Services from January 1955 to January 1956 and was later the opposition leader in the Western Regional Assembly until his death in 1958. He was a self-made man born into a humble family but became an influential figure in Nigerian politics. He attended Government College, Ibadan and eventually became a businessman. His successful political career was cut short when he was killed in a car crash, not long before Nigeria gained independence from Britain.

Historical Context for March 20, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[โ€ ]