Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   On this day in history shooting begins on "Dr No"   

Jan 16   Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas" in the year 1962.   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 a NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56   

Jan 17   On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   On this day in history uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances   

Jan 20   In the year 1962 robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75   

Jan 21   Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco   

Jan 23   On this day in history british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

Jan 23   On this day in history libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany   

Jan 24   Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62   

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65   

Jan 26   In the year 1962 uS launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)   

Jan 27   On this day in history "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives in the year 1962.   

Jan 29   Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit   

Jan 30   Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   On this day in history uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)   

Jan 30   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA 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   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.