Historical Events In 1962

Sep 27   Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Sep 27   On this day in history uS sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles  

Sep 29   In the year 1962 launch of Alouette 1, first Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)  

Sep 29   Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx in the year 1962.  

Sep 30   James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi in the year 1962.  

Oct 01   Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   On this day in history brian Epstein signs a contract to manage the Beatles through 1977  

Oct 01   On this day in history james Meredith became 1st black at U of Mississippi  

Oct 01   Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests on this day in history.  

Oct 01   In the year 1962 the Lucy Show premiers  

Oct 01   US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history frank Lovejoy actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48  

Oct 02   On this day in history frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48  

Oct 04   On this day in history e H Hendren, cricketer (57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), dies  

Oct 04   USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m on this day in history.  

Oct 05   Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" on this day in history.  

Oct 07   Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Algeria admitted as 109th member of the UN in the year 1962.  

Oct 08   N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer on this day in history.  

Oct 09   Lulu McConnell comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Oct 09   Lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80 in the year 1962.  

Oct 09   NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m on this day in history.  

Oct 11   In the year 1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show  

Oct 11   In the year 1962 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII  

Oct 11   In the year 1962 pope John XXIII opens Vatican council  

Oct 11   In the year 1962 the first appearance of a Gabor sister on the Merv Griffin Show  

Oct 12   In the year 1962 uS/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology  

Oct 13   "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen on this day in history.  

Oct 15   In the year 1962 amnesty International formed in London  

Oct 15   Byron R White appointed to the Supreme Court in the year 1962.  

Oct 16   On this day in history byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice  

Oct 16   Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba in the year 1962.  

Oct 16   On this day in history gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78  

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)  

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   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1962.