Historical Events In 1962

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

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   1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) in the year 1962.  

Jul 11   On this day in history cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days  

Jul 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London)  

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

Jul 13   On this day in history 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea  

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

Jul 16   On this day in history 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) in the year 1962.  

Jul 17   On this day in history senate rejects medicare for the aged  

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   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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 27   In the year 1962 martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia  

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

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

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

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1962 leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68  

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   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