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) on this day in history.  

Aug 28   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid in the year 1962.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1962 beatles record "How Do You Do It"  

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

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

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

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" on this day in history.  

Sep 14   In the year 1962 marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64  

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   Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN in the year 1962.  

Sep 18   In the year 1962 therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64  

Sep 19   In the year 1962 pogodin, writer, dies  

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   Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall on this day in history.  

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

Sep 23   On this day in history 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   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia in the year 1962.  

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

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

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

Sep 26   On this day in history yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)  

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

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1962 emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77