Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

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.   

Jul 11   1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I).   

Jul 11   Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days.   

Jul 11   Fred Baldasare is inaugural to swim English Channel underwater (scuba).   

Jul 11   The inaugural transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

Jul 12   Rolling Stones inaugural performance (Marquee Club, London)   

Jul 12   The inaugural time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR).   

Jul 13   500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea.   

Jul 14   Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

Jul 16   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies.   

Jul 17   Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354300 ft)   

Jul 17   Senate rejects medicare for the aged   

Jul 18   Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning.   

Jul 20   Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51   

Jul 21   160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga   

Jul 22   1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off   

Jul 22   The inaugural US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off   

Jul 24   Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86   

Jul 27   Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies.   

Jul 27   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission.   

Jul 27   Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia.   

Jul 28   19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa   

Jul 28   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean.   

Jul 30   In this year, 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago.   

Jul 30   Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54.   

Jul 31   Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam   

Jul 31   Federation of Malaysia formed.   

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62.   

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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),