Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus.   

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; inaugural probe to fly by Venus.   

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)   

Aug 28   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

Aug 28   Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)".   

Aug 31   Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain   

Sep 01   10000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

Sep 01   UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion.   

Sep 02   Stan Musial's 3516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place   

Sep 03   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63   

Sep 04   Beatles record "How Do You Do It".   

Sep 06   Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64   

Sep 07   Karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77.   

Sep 08   Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

Sep 09   Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82   

Sep 10   In this year, Rod Laver claims the Grand Slam of tennis   

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"   

Sep 14   Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64.   

Sep 15   Australia's inaugural entry in America's Cup yacht race (US claims).   

Sep 16   Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC   

Sep 16   Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71.   

Sep 18   Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN.   

Sep 18   Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64.   

Sep 19   Pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its inaugural black   

Sep 22   Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall.   

Sep 23   ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

Sep 23   ABC's inaugural color TV series-The Jetsons.   

Sep 24   US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss.   

Sep 25   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia.   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in inaugural round for heavyweight title   

Sep 25   Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup   

Sep 26   TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS   

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day).   

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Jan 03   Darren daulton: Us baseball catcher (phila phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin hastings: Wlaf kicker (scottish claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark gardner: Us baseball player (florida marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike lang: Writer   

Jan 03   Francesca lia block: American author   

Jan 04   Joe kleine: Nba center (phoenix suns, chicago bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin mcaloon: Rocker (prefab sprout-2 wheels good)   

Jan 04   Patrick cassidy: La calif, actor/composer (fever pitch, off the wall)   

Jan 01   Diego martínez barrio: Spanish president (1939),   

Jan 04   Hans lammers: German ss officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "jaap" nanninga: Dutch painter (france, n africa),    

Jan 09   Leroy b shield: Us pianist/composer (union pacific suite),    

Jan 12   Ernie kovacs: Comedian (ernie kovacs show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie kovacs: Comedian,    

Jan 15   Kenneth mackenna: Actor (men without women),    

Jan 16   Emanuel stickelberger: Swiss writer (holbein in england),