Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1962 telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched   

Jul 10   In the year 1962 telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches   

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

Jul 11   Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 11   On this day in history the first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

Jul 12   Rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1962 robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)   

Jul 17   Senate rejects medicare for the aged on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1962 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   160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga on this day in history.   

Jul 22   1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off on this day in history.   

Jul 22   The first US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 27   In the year 1962 mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission   

Jul 27   Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia on this day in history.   

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

Jul 30   Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Federation of Malaysia formed on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62   

Aug 01   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 03   On this day in history 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)   

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

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 in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 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   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.