Page 10: 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   Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jun 18   Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Jun 19   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 in the year 1962.   

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

Jun 23   "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs in the year 1962.   

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

Jun 25   In the year 1962 ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies   

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   Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.   

Jun 27   NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m in the year 1962.   

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

Jun 28   In the year 1962 thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands   

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

Jun 30   On this day in history caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

Jun 30   In the year 1962 lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

Jun 30   Rwanda &Burundi become independent in the year 1962.   

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   Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   On this day in history the birth of Tom Cruise, American actor   

Jul 04   Island Records begins on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jul 06   On this day in history william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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

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

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

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.