Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship in the year 1962.  

Oct 18   Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA in the year 1962.  

Oct 18   In the year 1962 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko  

Oct 18   US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon in the year 1962.  

Oct 21   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open on this day in history.  

Oct 21   On this day in history the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes.  

Oct 22   Cuban Missile Crisis begins on this day in history.  

Oct 22   JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba on this day in history.  

Oct 22   In the year 1962 jFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis  

Oct 22   In the year 1962 nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa  

Oct 23   USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history in Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins  

Oct 24   U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, on this day in history.  

Oct 25   In the year 1962 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda)  

Oct 25   American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature in the year 1962.  

Oct 25   Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson on this day in history.  

Oct 25   Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" on this day in history.  

Oct 26   Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" in the year 1962.  

Oct 26   Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs  

Oct 27   On this day in history enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58  

Oct 28   In the year 1962 khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis  

Oct 28   Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1962.  

Nov 01   First ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Greece enters the European Common Market on this day in history.  

Nov 01   USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars on this day in history.  

Nov 01   In the year 1962 winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78  

Nov 02   Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1962.  

Nov 02   On this day in history jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled  

Nov 03   Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1962 bART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote  

Nov 06   Edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA) in the year 1962.  

Nov 07   On this day in history eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC  

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

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

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1962 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   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 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   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77