Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jul 10   On this day in history telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched   

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

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   Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 the first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)   

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

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   In the year 1962 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) in the year 1962.   

Jul 17   Senate rejects medicare for the aged in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 27   In the year 1962 edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies   

Jul 27   In the year 1962 mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission   

Jul 27   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia   

Jul 28   In the year 1962 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa   

Jul 28   In the year 1962 mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean   

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

Jul 30   In the year 1962 myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54   

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

Jul 31   Federation of Malaysia formed on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1962 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   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

Jan 12   In the year 1962 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.