Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship in the year 1962.   

Oct 18   In the year 1962 dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA   

Oct 18   JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on this day in history.   

Oct 18   US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon in the year 1962.   

Oct 21   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open in the year 1962.   

Oct 21   In the year 1962 the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes.   

Oct 22   Cuban Missile Crisis begins in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   In the year 1962 jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba   

Oct 22   JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   On this day in history nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa   

Oct 23   USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins on this day in history.   

Oct 24   U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history american author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature   

Oct 25   Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1962 stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"   

Oct 26   In the year 1962 beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

Oct 26   In the year 1962 hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

Oct 27   In the year 1962 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs   

Oct 27   On this day in history enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58   

Oct 28   Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48   

Oct 29   On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 01   On this day in history first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched   

Nov 01   On this day in history greece enters the European Common Market   

Nov 01   In the year 1962 uSSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars   

Nov 01   In the year 1962 winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78   

Nov 02   In the year 1962 felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 02   On this day in history jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled   

Nov 03   On this day in history harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69   

Nov 06   BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote on this day in history.   

Nov 06   In the year 1962 edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA)   

Nov 07   Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC in the year 1962.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 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   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77