Historical Events In 1962

Sep 27   Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52 in the year 1962.  

Sep 27   US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles in the year 1962.  

Sep 29   Launch of Alouette 1, first Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket) on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx on this day in history.  

Sep 30   James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi in the year 1962.  

Oct 01   Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) in the year 1962.  

Oct 01   In the year 1962 brian Epstein signs a contract to manage the Beatles through 1977  

Oct 01   James Meredith became 1st black at U of Mississippi in the year 1962.  

Oct 01   Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests in the year 1962.  

Oct 01   The Lucy Show premiers on this day in history.  

Oct 01   US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope in the year 1962.  

Oct 02   Frank Lovejoy actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Oct 02   Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48 in the year 1962.  

Oct 04   On this day in history e H Hendren, cricketer (57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), dies  

Oct 04   On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m  

Oct 05   On this day in history beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"  

Oct 07   On this day in history mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66  

Oct 08   On this day in history algeria admitted as 109th member of the UN  

Oct 08   N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history solomon Linda, South African singer and composer  

Oct 09   Lulu McConnell comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80 in the year 1962.  

Oct 09   On this day in history lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80  

Oct 09   NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m on this day in history.  

Oct 11   In the year 1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show  

Oct 11   2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII in the year 1962.  

Oct 11   In the year 1962 pope John XXIII opens Vatican council  

Oct 11   The first appearance of a Gabor sister on the Merv Griffin Show on this day in history.  

Oct 12   In the year 1962 uS/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology  

Oct 13   On this day in history "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen  

Oct 15   In the year 1962 amnesty International formed in London  

Oct 15   On this day in history byron R White appointed to the Supreme Court  

Oct 16   Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba  

Oct 16   Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)  

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.  

Jan 06   On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57  

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1962.  

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.