Historical Events In 1962

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

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) 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished  

Jul 16   In the year 1962 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) in the year 1962.  

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 in the year 1962.  

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 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   Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54 in the year 1962.  

Jul 31   In the year 1962 australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam  

Jul 31   On this day in history federation of Malaysia formed  

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)  

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)  

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1962 death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62  

Jan 16   In the year 1962 emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77