Historical Events In 1962

Mar 24   24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59 in the year 1962.  

Mar 24   Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later in the year 1962.  

Mar 24   In the year 1962 mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys  

Mar 25   On this day in history auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78  

Mar 25   In the year 1962 french OAS-leader ex-General Jouhaud arrested  

Mar 26   On this day in history marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64  

Mar 26   On this day in history supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature  

Mar 27   In the year 1962 archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school  

Mar 28   Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives West Indies cricket victory over India on this day in history.  

Mar 28   In the year 1962 devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India  

Mar 28   On this day in history military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees  

Mar 29   In the year 1962 argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army  

Mar 29   Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army on this day in history.  

Mar 29   Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show" on this day in history.  

Apr 02   The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London in the year 1962.  

Apr 03   In the year 1962 benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24  

Apr 03   On this day in history jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)  

Apr 03   On this day in history lieutenant General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA  

Apr 05   Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC in the year 1962.  

Apr 05   On this day in history herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC  

Apr 05   Manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp in the year 1962.  

Apr 05   On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m  

Apr 05   St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands on this day in history.  

Apr 06   J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 in the year 1962.  

Apr 07   Umrigar slams 172* v WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes on this day in history.  

Apr 08   Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France on this day in history.  

Apr 09   On this day in history 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280  

Apr 09   CPR employees at Royal York Hotel in Toronto end 11-month strike on this day in history.  

Apr 09   On this day in history jFK throws out first ball at Washington's new DC Stadium  

Apr 09   Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70 in the year 1962.  

Apr 10   In Vermont a 4.2 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake in Vermont in the year 1962.  

Apr 10   On this day in history stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21  

Apr 11   In the year 1962 new York Mets make a losing debut  

Apr 12   U.S. Navy demonstrates new landing craft with retractable hydrofoils, LCVP (H) in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.  

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   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)  

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)  

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.  

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   In the year 1962 death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42  

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 on this day in history.  

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