Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus on this day in history.   

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) in the year 1962.   

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)" on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 01   In the year 1962 uN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion   

Sep 02   In the year 1962 stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place   

Sep 03   In the year 1962 anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" in the year 1962.   

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   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   Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN in the year 1962.   

Sep 18   On this day in history therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64   

Sep 19   In the year 1962 pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 19   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR in the year 1962.   

Sep 20   On this day in history james Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black   

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   In the year 1962 aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons   

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

Sep 25   In the year 1962 a black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia   

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

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

Sep 26   TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS in the year 1962.   

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

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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   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   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.