Historical Events In 1962

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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" in the year 1962.  

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   In the year 1962 hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84  

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

Sep 10   In the year 1962 rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis  

Sep 11   In the year 1962 beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"  

Sep 14   On this day in history marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64  

Sep 15   On this day in history 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   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   Pogodin, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 19   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR  

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black in the year 1962.  

Sep 22   On this day in history bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall  

Sep 23   ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons on this day in history.  

Sep 23   On this day in history aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons  

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   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history tV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS  

Sep 26   In the year 1962 yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)  

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Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)  

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1962 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   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.