Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jun 14   On this day in history anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   On this day in history 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   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   Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1962 frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69   

Jun 21   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1962 "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 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 30   In the year 1962 rwanda &Burundi become independent   

Jul 01   In the year 1962 burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)   

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   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   On this day in history rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56   

Jul 05   Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule in the year 1962.   

Jul 06   William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

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   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

Jan 15   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77