Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia in the year 1962.  

Jul 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1962.  

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

Jul 12   In the year 1962 the first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)  

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

Jul 14   In the year 1962 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 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   Senate rejects medicare for the aged in the year 1962.  

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   In the year 1962 andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51  

Jul 21   In the year 1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jul 27   In the year 1962 edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jul 28   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean in the year 1962.  

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   Federation of Malaysia formed in the year 1962.  

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 in the year 1962.  

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

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

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

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.  

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