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   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1962 beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

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 in the year 1962.   

Sep 08   On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

Sep 09   Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 15   In the year 1962 australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 19   Pogodin, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 23   ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons in the year 1962.   

Sep 24   On this day in history uS Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss   

Sep 25   On this day in history a black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia   

Sep 25   On this day in history 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   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

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 in the year 1962.   

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.