Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 28   On this day in history dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

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

Aug 31   Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain in the year 1962.   

Sep 01   On this day in history 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

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   Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1962.   

Sep 16   Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC on this day in history.   

Sep 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

Sep 19   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

Sep 22   Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 23   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 a black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia   

Sep 25   In the year 1962 sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title   

Sep 25   On this day in history weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup   

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   On this day in history 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   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

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.