Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   Nelson Mandela captured by South African police on this day in history.  

Aug 05   On this day in history first quasar located by radio  

Aug 05   Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illigally leaving South Africa in the year 1962.  

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

Aug 06   On this day in history jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule  

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   On this day in history morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49  

Aug 07   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1962.  

Aug 09   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15  

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

Aug 13   Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1962.  

Aug 14   US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1962 e German border guards shot &kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector  

Aug 17   Navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH-1) launched at Seattle, WA in the year 1962.  

Aug 18   In the year 1962 cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68  

Aug 18   In the year 1962 peter, Paul and Mary release their first hit "If I Had a Hammer"  

Aug 19   Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ on this day in history.  

Aug 23   In the year 1962 hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70  

Aug 24   Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Aug 26   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open in the year 1962.  

Aug 27   Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus in the year 1962.  

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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   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.  

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   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76  

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.  

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

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