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February 28, 1958

On February 28, 1958, a school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. Jean-Marc Pilorget, Gabi Delgado-López, Malcolm Marshall would arrive in the same year.

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A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.

S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942.

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1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1958th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 958th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1950s decade.

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On February 28, 1958

  1. 1958 A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.

    County in Kentucky, United States

    S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942.

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Jean-Marc Pilorget 1958– French footballer and manager
Gabi Delgado-López 1958– Spanish-German singer, co-founder of D.A.F. (died 2020)
Malcolm Marshall 1958– Barbadian cricketer and coach (died 1999)
Viacheslav Fetisov 1958– Russian ice hockey player and coach
Andie MacDowell 1958– American model, actress, and producer
Yoshito Usui 1958– Japanese illustrator (died 2009)

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