Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   On this day in history mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus   

Aug 28   On this day in history 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)   

Aug 28   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid in the year 1962.   

Aug 28   Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" in the year 1962.   

Aug 31   On this day in history trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain   

Sep 01   In the year 1962 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

Sep 01   UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63   

Sep 04   On this day in history beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

Sep 06   On this day in history hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64   

Sep 07   On this day in history karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77   

Sep 08   Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 in the year 1962.   

Sep 09   On this day in history pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82   

Sep 10   Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis in the year 1962.   

Sep 11   In the year 1962 beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"   

Sep 14   Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   On this day in history public TV channel 13 begins in NYC   

Sep 16   Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 in the year 1962.   

Sep 18   Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 19   On this day in history pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 19   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black in the year 1962.   

Sep 22   On this day in history bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

Sep 23   ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons in the year 1962.   

Sep 23   On this day in history aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons   

Sep 24   US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup in the year 1962.   

Sep 26   In the year 1962 tV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS   

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) in the year 1962.   

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

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   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1962 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   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