Historical Events In 1962

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

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

Aug 28   In the year 1962 dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid  

Aug 28   In the year 1962 tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"  

Aug 31   In the year 1962 trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain  

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

Sep 01   On this day in history 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   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Beatles record "How Do You Do It" on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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   On this day in history australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)  

Sep 16   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.  

Sep 18   Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 in the year 1962.  

Sep 19   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) on this day in history.  

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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   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 06   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.  

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   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77