Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

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

Aug 05   First quasar located by radio on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 05   In the year 1962 nelson Mandella arrested and then imprisoned   

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

Aug 06   Jamaica gains independence from Britain in the year 1962.   

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

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   Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1962 ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60   

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

Aug 11   In the year 1962 beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"   

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

Aug 12   In the year 1962 tim D.was born this day in Calgary   

Aug 13   On this day in history bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

Aug 14   In the year 1962 french and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel   

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   Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia on this day in history.   

Aug 16   On this day in history ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer   

Aug 17   Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr in the year 1962.   

Aug 17   E German border guards shot &kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 18   Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 23   Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 in the year 1962.   

Aug 24   Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1962.   

Aug 26   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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

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   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.