Historical Events In 1962

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

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   In the year 1962 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   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   In the year 1962 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   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   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies in the year 1962.  

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) in the year 1962.  

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   On this day in history andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51  

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

Jul 22   On this day in history 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   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   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission in the year 1962.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 31   Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam in the year 1962.  

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

Aug 03   On this day in history 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)  

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer  

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

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   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76  

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.  

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62  

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77