Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

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

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

Aug 28   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" in the year 1962.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis on this day in history.   

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   Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC in the year 1962.   

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

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   In the year 1962 james Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black   

Sep 22   In the year 1962 bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

Sep 23   In the year 1962 aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

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

Sep 24   US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss on this day in history.   

Sep 25   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

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   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   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   In the year 1962 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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.