Time Passages - On this day 1958

Did you know...

 that at the age of 42 Elvis Presley's mother, Gladys, died of a heart attack arising from liver complications at a Memphis hospital. Ironically, in 1977, on August 16th, Elvis himself died from medical complications at the age of 42.

Time Passages - July 18, 1958

Stock car legend Richard Petty made his first Grand National Stock Car debut at a 1/3-mile paved oval track at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto, Canada.


FROM THE HIT PARADE:

The #1 single in the U.S. was "Hard-Headed Woman" by Elvis Presley