Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jun 14   Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim in the year 1962.   

Jun 14   Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle in the year 1962.   

Jun 15   Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 in the year 1962.   

Jun 15   South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes in the year 1962.   

Jun 17   Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 24   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jun 30   On this day in history rwanda &Burundi become independent   

Jul 01   Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries on this day in history.   

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

Jul 03   On this day in history 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   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   William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 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   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   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

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   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

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 in the year 1962.   

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