Page 12: 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   On this day in history nelson Mandella arrested and then imprisoned   

Aug 06   Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1962 jamaica gains independence from Britain   

Aug 06   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1962 andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3   

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

Aug 12   In the year 1962 russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15   

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr   

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

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" in the year 1962.   

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

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

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

Aug 27   Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1962.   

Aug 27   In the year 1962 mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

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   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

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