Historical Events In 1962
Jul 12 The first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
Jul 16 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m
Jul 04 Island Records begins
Jul 11 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days
Mar 15 Donald Jackson of Canada, is first to land a triple lutz ice skate jump
Mar 01 K-Mart opens
Mar 16 US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167
Mar 07 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
Mar 08 The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC
Mar 15 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter
Mar 23 JFK visits San Francisco
Mar 19 "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
Mar 09 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
Mar 08 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 19 Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal
Mar 25 French OAS-leader ex-General Jouhaud arrested
Mar 29 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
Mar 26 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature
Mar 28 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives West Indies cricket victory over India
Mar 24 Mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys
Mar 09 US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
Mar 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)
Mar 23 French government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria.
Mar 01 American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95
Mar 21 Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Beckers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands in favor of birth control
Mar 03 British Antarctic Territory is formed
Mar 12 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
Mar 29 Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army
Mar 27 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school
Mar 04 AEC announces first atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
Mar 21 Actor Matthew Broderick born this day.
Mar 13 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty
Mar 14 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
Mar 02 Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game
Mar 21 A bear becomes the first creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
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