Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

Jun 15   Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84.   

Jun 15   South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes.   

Jun 17   Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

Jun 18   Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82.   

Jun 19   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69.   

Jun 21   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75190 m.   

Jun 23   "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs.   

Jun 24   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

Jun 25   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies   

Jun 25   The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5 to 4) that prayers in public schools violated the inaugural Amendment to the Constitution regarding the separation of church and state.   

Jun 26   Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

Jun 27   NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6606 kph, 37700 m.   

Jun 28   Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

Jun 28   Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands.   

Jun 29   inaugural flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner.   

Jun 30   Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65.   

Jun 30   LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

Jun 30   Rwanda and Burundi become independent   

Jul 01   Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days).   

Jul 01   Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries   

Jul 03   Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)   

Jul 03   Tom Cruise, American actor is born   

Jul 04   Island Records begins   

Jul 04   Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys and Injuns), dies at 56.   

Jul 04   Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56.   

Jul 05   Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule   

Jul 06   William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64.   

Jul 06   William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64   

Jul 07   Bill Hartack is recorded as becoming 8th jockey to win 3000 horse races   

Jul 09   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74   

Jul 09   US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island   

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia   

Jul 10   Telstar, inaugural geosynchronous communications satellite, launched.   

Jul 10   Telstar, the inaugural private communications satellite, launches   

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Jan 03   Darren daulton: Us baseball catcher (phila phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin hastings: Wlaf kicker (scottish claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark gardner: Us baseball player (florida marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike lang: Writer   

Jan 03   Francesca lia block: American author   

Jan 04   Joe kleine: Nba center (phoenix suns, chicago bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin mcaloon: Rocker (prefab sprout-2 wheels good)   

Jan 04   Patrick cassidy: La calif, actor/composer (fever pitch, off the wall)   

Jan 01   Diego martínez barrio: Spanish president (1939),    

Jan 04   Hans lammers: German ss officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "jaap" nanninga: Dutch painter (france, n africa),   

Jan 09   Leroy b shield: Us pianist/composer (union pacific suite),   

Jan 12   Ernie kovacs: Comedian (ernie kovacs show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie kovacs: Comedian,   

Jan 15   Kenneth mackenna: Actor (men without women),    

Jan 16   Emanuel stickelberger: Swiss writer (holbein in england),