Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 14   On this day in history thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle   

Jun 15   In the year 1962 alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

Jun 15   On this day in history south Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes   

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   On this day in history 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   "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs in the year 1962.   

Jun 24   In the year 1962 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

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   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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jun 30   Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

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

Jul 01   On this day in history burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)   

Jul 01   Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries in the year 1962.   

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

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   In the year 1962 william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

Jul 06   In the year 1962 william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64   

Jul 07   Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races in the year 1962.   

Jul 09   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 in the year 1962.   

Jul 09   In the year 1962 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   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   In the year 1962 jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

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

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   In the year 1962 emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77