Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   In the year 1962 nelson Mandela captured by South African police   

Aug 05   In the year 1962 first quasar located by radio   

Aug 05   In the year 1962 marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35   

Aug 05   On this day in history nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illigally leaving South Africa   

Aug 05   Nelson Mandella arrested and then imprisoned in the year 1962.   

Aug 06   Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule in the year 1962.   

Aug 06   Jamaica gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1962 jamaica gains independent from Britain   

Aug 07   Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Aug 09   On this day in history hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85   

Aug 10   Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 in the year 1962.   

Aug 11   Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 in the year 1962.   

Aug 11   Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 in the year 1962.   

Aug 12   On this day in history tim D.was born this day in Calgary   

Aug 13   In the year 1962 bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

Aug 14   French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel in the year 1962.   

Aug 14   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1962 uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million   

Aug 15   In the year 1962 shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia   

Aug 16   In the year 1962 ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer   

Aug 17   Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr on this day in history.   

Aug 17   On this day in history e German border guards shot &kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector   

Aug 17   On this day in history navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH-1) launched at Seattle, WA   

Aug 18   On this day in history cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68   

Aug 18   Peter, Paul and Mary release their first hit "If I Had a Hammer" on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 in the year 1962.   

Aug 21   Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ in the year 1962.   

Aug 23   On this day in history hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70   

Aug 24   In the year 1962 henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74   

Aug 26   In the year 1962 mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open   

Aug 27   In the year 1962 carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79   

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.   

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   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   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

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 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   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.