Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jul 10   Telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 11   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history the first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)   

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

Jul 14   Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jul 24   On this day in history victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86   

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   In the year 1962 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   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   On this day in history australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam   

Jul 31   On this day in history federation of Malaysia formed   

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

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

Aug 02   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.