Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

Jun 15   South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

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

Jun 28   On this day in history mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

Jun 28   Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jun 29   First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history rwanda and Burundi become independent countries   

Jul 03   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule   

Jul 06   William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 07   On this day in history bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races   

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   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 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   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.