Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   Nelson Mandela captured by South African police in the year 1962.   

Aug 05   In the year 1962 first quasar located by radio   

Aug 05   On this day in history marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35   

Aug 05   Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illigally leaving South Africa on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49   

Aug 07   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

Aug 12   Tim D.was born this day in Calgary on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Aug 15   Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 23   In the year 1962 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   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   In the year 1962 birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1962 leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   On this day in history ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

Jan 15   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

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