Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

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

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

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

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

Jul 11   In the year 1962 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) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London)   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jul 22   In the year 1962 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off   

Jul 22   In the year 1962 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   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission in the year 1962.   

Jul 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)   

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

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   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

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.