Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jun 14   In the year 1962 anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 21   On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m   

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   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 25   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   In the year 1962 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

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

Jun 28   Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 in the year 1962.   

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   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) in the year 1962.   

Jul 01   On this day in history rwanda and Burundi become independent countries   

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

Jul 03   The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history island Records begins   

Jul 04   On this day in history rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56   

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

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 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   In the year 1962 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

Jan 15   In the year 1962 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