Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 in the year 1962.  

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

Jun 14   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m  

Jun 23   On this day in history "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs  

Jun 24   On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83  

Jun 25   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies in the year 1962.  

Jun 25   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill  

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

Jun 28   Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 in the year 1962.  

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   In the year 1962 caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65  

Jun 30   On this day in history lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0  

Jun 30   In the year 1962 rwanda &Burundi become independent  

Jul 01   Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) in the year 1962.  

Jul 01   On this day in history 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   The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor in the year 1962.  

Jul 04   On this day in history island Records begins  

Jul 04   On this day in history rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56  

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

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   In the year 1962 william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64  

Jul 07   In the year 1962 bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races  

Jul 09   In the year 1962 louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74  

Jul 09   In the year 1962 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island  

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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   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   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author  

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.