Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia   

Jul 10   Telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched in the year 1962.   

Jul 10   On this day in history telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches   

Jul 11   1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

Jul 11   In the year 1962 cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days   

Jul 11   In the year 1962 fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)   

Jul 11   The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London) in the year 1962.   

Jul 12   The first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) on this day in history.   

Jul 13   500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea in the year 1962.   

Jul 14   Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished in the year 1962.   

Jul 16   In the year 1962 jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies   

Jul 16   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m in the year 1962.   

Jul 17   Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1962 senate rejects medicare for the aged   

Jul 18   On this day in history minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning   

Jul 20   Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 in the year 1962.   

Jul 21   On this day in history 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga   

Jul 22   1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off in the year 1962.   

Jul 22   On this day in history the first US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off   

Jul 24   Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 in the year 1962.   

Jul 27   Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies in the year 1962.   

Jul 27   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia   

Jul 28   19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago   

Jul 30   In the year 1962 myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54   

Jul 31   Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam in the year 1962.   

Jul 31   In the year 1962 federation of Malaysia formed   

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on this day in history.   

Aug 02   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on this day in history.   

Aug 03   In the year 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)   

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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   In the year 1962 birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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