Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   On this day in history eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69  

Jun 14   In the year 1962 anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim  

Jun 14   On this day in history thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle  

Jun 15   On this day in history alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84  

Jun 15   On this day in history south Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes  

Jun 17   On this day in history brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago  

Jun 18   On this day in history volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82  

Jun 19   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jun 21   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m in the year 1962.  

Jun 23   On this day in history "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 on this day in history.  

Jun 25   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jun 26   Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill in the year 1962.  

Jun 27   On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m  

Jun 28   Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands in the year 1962.  

Jun 29   First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner on this day in history.  

Jun 30   Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jun 30   LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 in the year 1962.  

Jun 30   Rwanda &Burundi become independent on this day in history.  

Jul 01   In the year 1962 burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)  

Jul 01   In the year 1962 rwanda and Burundi become independent countries  

Jul 03   On this day in history algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)  

Jul 03   In the year 1962 the birth of Tom Cruise, American actor  

Jul 04   Island Records begins in the year 1962.  

Jul 04   In the year 1962 rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56  

Jul 04   In the year 1962 rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56  

Jul 05   On this day in history algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule  

Jul 06   In the year 1962 william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64  

Jul 06   On this day in history william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64  

Jul 07   Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 in the year 1962.  

Jul 09   On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of francesca Lia Block, American author  

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)  

Jan 06   In the year 1962 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 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   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