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   In the year 1962 dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

Aug 28   Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain on this day in history.   

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

Sep 01   UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 03   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63 in the year 1962.   

Sep 04   Beatles record "How Do You Do It" in the year 1962.   

Sep 06   Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Sep 07   Karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77 in the year 1962.   

Sep 08   Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1962 pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82   

Sep 10   On this day in history rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis   

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" on this day in history.   

Sep 14   In the year 1962 marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64   

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   In the year 1962 saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71   

Sep 18   In the year 1962 rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN   

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

Sep 19   In the year 1962 pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 19   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black on this day in history.   

Sep 22   In the year 1962 bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

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

Sep 23   ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons on this day in history.   

Sep 24   In the year 1962 uS Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) 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   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 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   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   On this day in history leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

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