Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   In the year 1962 martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia  

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

Jul 10   Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches in the year 1962.  

Jul 11   1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) in the year 1962.  

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

Jul 11   Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) on this day in history.  

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) 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 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 17   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 22   In the year 1962 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   Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 on this day in history.  

Jul 27   On this day in history edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies  

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

Jul 27   Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia in the year 1962.  

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 in the year 1962.  

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

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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.